#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
RGBrgb(138, 153, 30)
HSLhsl(67, 67%, 36%)
HSVhsv(67, 80%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(9.8%, 0%, 80.4%, 40%)
CIE-LABlab(60.14, -20.70, 57.25)
CIE-LCHlch(60.14, 60.87, 109.88°)
OKLaboklab(64.93% -0.063 0.1248)
OKLCHoklch(64.93% 0.14 116.8)
XYZxyz(22.1074, 28.2798, 5.5220)
Luminance0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##8A991E1.003.166.666.66
#FFFFFF3.161.0021.0021.00
#0000006.6621.001.001.00
##0000006.6621.001.001.00

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

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#8A991E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva