#8A991C#8A991C

#8A991C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.141 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A991C
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 28)
HSL	hsl(67, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(67, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 81.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.13, -20.77, 57.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.13, 61.44, 109.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% -0.0633 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.141 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.0827, 28.2699, 5.3917)
Luminance	0.2827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A991C #2B1C99

analogous

#99691C #8A991C #4B991C

triadic

#8A991C #1C8A99 #991C8A

tetradic

#8A991C #1C9969 #2B1C99 #991C4B

square

#8A991C #1C9969 #2B1C99 #991C4B

split-complementary

#8A991C #1C4B99 #691C99

monochromatic

#2D3209 #5B6513 #8A991C #B9CD25 #CEDF50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#8A991C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#8A991C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A991C

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A991C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A991C	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)

#A39229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a991c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.141 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b665',
    500: '#8a991c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a991c;
$custom-light: #b0b665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a991c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.2,
    "s": 69.061,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64922,
    "c": 0.14073,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A991C

secondary

#5D4FC2

accent

#3CEC51

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A991C

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

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