#8A9D1B#8A9D1B

#8A9D1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.146 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9D1B
RGB	rgb(138, 157, 27)
HSL	hsl(69, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(69, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 82.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.30, -22.83, 59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.30, 63.37, 111.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% -0.069 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.146 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7366, 29.5966, 5.5516)
Luminance	0.2960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9D1B #2E1B9D

analogous

#9D6F1B #8A9D1B #499D1B

triadic

#8A9D1B #1B8A9D #9D1B8A

tetradic

#8A9D1B #1B9D6F #2E1B9D #9D1B49

square

#8A9D1B #1B9D6F #2E1B9D #9D1B49

split-complementary

#8A9D1B #1B499D #6F1B9D

monochromatic

#2E3509 #5C6912 #8A9D1B #B8D124 #CCE151

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#8A9D1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#8A9D1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9D1B

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9D1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9D1B	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)

#A69529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9d1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 157, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.146 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b965',
    500: '#8a9d1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9d1b;
$custom-light: #b0b965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9d1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.769,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65864,
    "c": 0.14569,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9D1B

secondary

#6150C4

accent

#3AED55

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9D1B

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

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