#8A9E1B#8A9E1B

#8A9E1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.147 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9E1B
RGB	rgb(138, 158, 27)
HSL	hsl(69, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(69, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.60, -23.32, 59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.60, 63.79, 111.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.1% -0.0704 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(66.1% 0.147 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9065, 29.9363, 5.6083)
Luminance	0.2994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9E1B #2F1B9E

analogous

#9E711B #8A9E1B #499E1B

triadic

#8A9E1B #1B8A9E #9E1B8A

tetradic

#8A9E1B #1B9E71 #2F1B9E #9E1B49

square

#8A9E1B #1B9E71 #2F1B9E #9E1B49

split-complementary

#8A9E1B #1B499E #711B9E

monochromatic

#2F3509 #5C6A12 #8A9E1B #B8D224 #CCE152

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#8A9E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#8A9E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9E1B

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9E1B	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 158, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.147 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ba65',
    500: '#8a9e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9e1b;
$custom-light: #b0ba65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.16,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66101,
    "c": 0.14682,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9E1B

secondary

#6251C4

accent

#3AEE56

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9E1B

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

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