#8A9D18#8A9D18

#8A9D18 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.147 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9D18
RGB	rgb(138, 157, 24)
HSL	hsl(69, 73%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(69, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 84.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.29, -22.93, 59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.29, 64.12, 110.95°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% -0.0695 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.147 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.7036, 29.5834, 5.3781)
Luminance	0.2958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9D18 #2B189D

analogous

#9D6D18 #8A9D18 #489D18

triadic

#8A9D18 #188A9D #9D188A

tetradic

#8A9D18 #189D6D #2B189D #9D1848

square

#8A9D18 #189D6D #2B189D #9D1848

split-complementary

#8A9D18 #18489D #6D189D

monochromatic

#2D3308 #5B6810 #8A9D18 #B9D220 #CEE44C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#8A9D18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#8A9D18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9D18

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9D18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9D18	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)

#A69527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9d18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 157, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.147 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b964',
    500: '#8a9d18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9d18;
$custom-light: #b0b964;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9d18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 73.481,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65851,
    "c": 0.1469,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9D18

secondary

#5D4BC5

accent

#38F052

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9D18

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

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