#8A9B1E#8A9B1E

#8A9B1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.142 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9B1E
RGB	rgb(138, 155, 30)
HSL	hsl(68, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(68, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 80.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.73, -21.71, 57.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.73, 61.72, 110.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% -0.0657 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.142 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.4375, 28.9400, 5.6320)
Luminance	0.2894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9B1E #2F1E9B

analogous

#9B6E1E #8A9B1E #4C9B1E

triadic

#8A9B1E #1E8A9B #9B1E8A

tetradic

#8A9B1E #1E9B6E #2F1E9B #9B1E4C

square

#8A9B1E #1E9B6E #2F1E9B #9B1E4C

split-complementary

#8A9B1E #1E4C9B #6E1E9B

monochromatic

#2F340A #5C6814 #8A9B1E #B8CE28 #CCDE55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#8A9B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#8A9B1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9B1E

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9B1E	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: #8a9b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 155, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.142 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b866',
    500: '#8a9b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9b1e;
$custom-light: #b0b866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.16,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65404,
    "c": 0.14207,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9B1E

secondary

#6253C2

accent

#3DEA55

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9B1E

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

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