#8A991A#8A991A

#8A991A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.142 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A991A
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 26)
HSL	hsl(67, 71%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(67, 83%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 83%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.12, -20.85, 58.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.12, 61.97, 109.66°)
OKLab	oklab(64.91% -0.0636 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(64.91% 0.142 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.0595, 28.2606, 5.2698)
Luminance	0.2826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A991A #291A99

analogous

#99691A #8A991A #4A991A

triadic

#8A991A #1A8A99 #991A8A

tetradic

#8A991A #1A9969 #291A99 #991A4A

square

#8A991A #1A9969 #291A99 #991A4A

split-complementary

#8A991A #1A4A99 #691A99

monochromatic

#2C3008 #5B6511 #8A991A #B9CD23 #CFE14D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#8A991A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#8A991A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A991A

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A991A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A991A	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a991a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.142 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b664',
    500: '#8a991a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a991a;
$custom-light: #b0b664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a991a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.087,
    "s": 70.95,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64912,
    "c": 0.14161,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A991A

secondary

#5A4CC3

accent

#3AEE4F

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A991A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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