#8A9B1D#8A9B1D

#8A9B1D 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 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9B1D
RGB	rgb(138, 155, 29)
HSL	hsl(68, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(68, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 81.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.72, -21.75, 58.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.72, 62.00, 110.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% -0.0659 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.143 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4249, 28.9349, 5.5658)
Luminance	0.2893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9B1D #2E1D9B

analogous

#9B6D1D #8A9B1D #4B9B1D

triadic

#8A9B1D #1D8A9B #9B1D8A

tetradic

#8A9B1D #1D9B6D #2E1D9B #9B1D4B

square

#8A9B1D #1D9B6D #2E1D9B #9B1D4B

split-complementary

#8A9B1D #1D4B9B #6D1D9B

monochromatic

#2E340A #5C6713 #8A9B1D #B8CF27 #CCDF53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#8A9B1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#8A9B1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9B1D

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9B1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9B1D	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9b1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 155, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.143 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b866',
    500: '#8a9b1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9b1d;
$custom-light: #b0b866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9b1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.095,
    "s": 68.478,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65399,
    "c": 0.14253,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9B1D

secondary

#6152C2

accent

#3CEB54

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9B1D

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

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