#8A991D#8A991D

#8A991D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.140 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A991D
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 29)
HSL	hsl(67, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(67, 81%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 81%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, -20.74, 57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 61.16, 109.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% -0.0631 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.14 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.0948, 28.2747, 5.4558)
Luminance	0.2827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A991D #2C1D99

analogous

#996A1D #8A991D #4C991D

triadic

#8A991D #1D8A99 #991D8A

tetradic

#8A991D #1D996A #2C1D99 #991D4C

square

#8A991D #1D996A #2C1D99 #991D4C

split-complementary

#8A991D #1D4C99 #6A1D99

monochromatic

#2D3209 #5C6613 #8A991D #B8CC27 #CDDE52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#8A991D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#8A991D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A991D

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A991D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A991D	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)

#939083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a991d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.140 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b665',
    500: '#8a991d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a991d;
$custom-light: #b0b665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a991d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.258,
    "s": 68.132,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64926,
    "c": 0.14027,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A991D

secondary

#5E51C1

accent

#3DEB52

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A991D

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

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