#8A991E#8A991E

#8A991E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.140 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A991E
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 30)
HSL	hsl(67, 67%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(67, 80%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 80.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, -20.70, 57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 60.87, 109.88°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% -0.063 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.14 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.1074, 28.2798, 5.5220)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A991E #2D1E99

analogous

#996A1E #8A991E #4C991E

triadic

#8A991E #1E8A99 #991E8A

tetradic

#8A991E #1E996A #2D1E99 #991E4C

square

#8A991E #1E996A #2D1E99 #991E4C

split-complementary

#8A991E #1E4C99 #6A1E99

monochromatic

#2E330A #5C6614 #8A991E #B8CC28 #CDDD54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#8A991E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#8A991E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A991E

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A991E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A991E	1.00	3.16	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a991e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.140 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b666',
    500: '#8a991e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a991e;
$custom-light: #b0b666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a991e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.317,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64932,
    "c": 0.1398,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A991E

secondary

#6052C1

accent

#3EEA53

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A991E

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

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