#8A9B18#8A9B18

#8A9B18 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.145 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9B18
RGB	rgb(138, 155, 24)
HSL	hsl(68, 73%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(68, 85%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 84.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, -21.92, 59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 63.30, 110.26°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% -0.0667 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.145 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.3680, 28.9122, 5.2662)
Luminance	0.2891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9B18 #29189B

analogous

#9B6A18 #8A9B18 #499B18

triadic

#8A9B18 #188A9B #9B188A

tetradic

#8A9B18 #189B6A #29189B #9B1849

square

#8A9B18 #189B6A #29189B #9B1849

split-complementary

#8A9B18 #18499B #6A189B

monochromatic

#2C3108 #5B6610 #8A9B18 #B9D020 #CFE34A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#8A9B18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#8A9B18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9B18

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9B18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9B18	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9b18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 155, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.145 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b864',
    500: '#8a9b18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9b18;
$custom-light: #b0b864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9b18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.786,
    "s": 73.184,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65377,
    "c": 0.14466,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9B18

secondary

#5A4AC5

accent

#38F050

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9B18

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

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