#8A9B31#8A9B31

#8A9B31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.131 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9B31
RGB	rgb(138, 155, 49)
HSL	hsl(70, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(70, 68%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 68.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.84, -20.73, 51.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.84, 55.22, 112.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.53% -0.0613 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(65.53% 0.131 118)
XYZ	xyz(22.7574, 29.0679, 7.3169)
Luminance	0.2907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9B31 #42319B

analogous

#9B7731 #8A9B31 #559B31

triadic

#8A9B31 #318A9B #9B318A

tetradic

#8A9B31 #319B77 #42319B #9B3155

square

#8A9B31 #319B77 #42319B #9B3155

split-complementary

#8A9B31 #31559B #77319B

monochromatic

#373E14 #616D22 #8A9B31 #B0C445 #C4D373

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#8A9B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#8A9B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9B31

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9B31	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59321

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 155, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.131 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb86f',
    500: '#8a9b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9b31;
$custom-light: #afb86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.623,
    "s": 51.961,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65531,
    "c": 0.13061,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.29068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9B31

secondary

#796DBB

accent

#4CDB63

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9B31

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

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