#8A9B1B#8A9B1B

#8A9B1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.143 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9B1B
RGB	rgb(138, 155, 27)
HSL	hsl(68, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(68, 83%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 82.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.72, -21.82, 58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.72, 62.54, 110.42°)
OKLab	oklab(65.39% -0.0662 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(65.39% 0.143 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4010, 28.9254, 5.4398)
Luminance	0.2893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9B1B #2C1B9B

analogous

#9B6C1B #8A9B1B #4A9B1B

triadic

#8A9B1B #1B8A9B #9B1B8A

tetradic

#8A9B1B #1B9B6C #2C1B9B #9B1B4A

square

#8A9B1B #1B9B6C #2C1B9B #9B1B4A

split-complementary

#8A9B1B #1B4A9B #6C1B9B

monochromatic

#2D3309 #5C6712 #8A9B1B #B8CF24 #CDE050

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#8A9B1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#8A9B1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9B1B

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9B1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9B1B	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)

#A49328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9b1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 155, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.143 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b865',
    500: '#8a9b1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9b1b;
$custom-light: #b0b865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9b1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.969,
    "s": 70.33,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6539,
    "c": 0.14342,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9B1B

secondary

#5E4FC3

accent

#3BED52

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9B1B

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

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