#8A9D16#8A9D16

#8A9D16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.148 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9D16
RGB	rgb(138, 157, 22)
HSL	hsl(68, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(68, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 86%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.29, -22.99, 60.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.29, 64.58, 110.85°)
OKLab	oklab(65.84% -0.0698 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(65.84% 0.148 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.6836, 29.5754, 5.2725)
Luminance	0.2958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9D16 #29169D

analogous

#9D6C16 #8A9D16 #479D16

triadic

#8A9D16 #168A9D #9D168A

tetradic

#8A9D16 #169D6C #29169D #9D1647

square

#8A9D16 #169D6C #29169D #9D1647

split-complementary

#8A9D16 #16479D #6C169D

monochromatic

#2C3207 #5B670E #8A9D16 #B9D31E #CFE548

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#8A9D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#8A9D16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9D16

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9D16	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 157, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.148 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b963',
    500: '#8a9d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9d16;
$custom-light: #b0b963;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.444,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65843,
    "c": 0.14765,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9D16

secondary

#5A48C7

accent

#36F250

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9D16

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

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