#8A9E1C#8A9E1C
#8A9E1C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.146 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8A9E1C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(138, 158, 28) |
| HSL | hsl(69, 70%, 36%) |
| HSV | hsv(69, 82%, 62%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 82.3%, 38%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(61.60, -23.29, 59.11) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(61.60, 63.53, 111.50°) |
| OKLab | oklab(66.11% -0.0702 0.1285) |
| OKLCH | oklch(66.11% 0.146 118.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(22.9182, 29.9410, 5.6702) |
| Luminance | 0.2994 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit Green
#89A203
ΔE00 1.83
Baby Shit Green
#889717
ΔE00 2.29
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 2.89
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 3.30
Ugly Green
#7A9703
ΔE00 3.42
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 3.75
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8A9E1C #301C9E
analogous
#9E711C #8A9E1C #499E1C
triadic
#8A9E1C #1C8A9E #9E1C8A
tetradic
#8A9E1C #1C9E71 #301C9E #9E1C49
square
#8A9E1C #1C9E71 #301C9E #9E1C49
split-complementary
#8A9E1C #1C499E #711C9E
monochromatic
#2F360A #5D6A13 #8A9E1C #B7D225 #CBE154
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.01
#8A9E1C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.99
#8A9E1C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #8A9E1C
6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8A9E1C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8A9E1C | 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)
#A7952A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#939587
Achromatopsia (no color)
#959595
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8a9e1c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 158, 28); /* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.146 118.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b0ba66',
500: '#8a9e1c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8a9e1c; $custom-light: #b0ba66; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8a9e1c",
"rgb": {
"r": 138,
"g": 158,
"b": 28
},
"hsl": {
"h": 69.231,
"s": 69.892,
"l": 36.471
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.66106,
"c": 0.14639,
"h": 118.7
},
"luminance": 0.29941
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8A9E1C
secondary
#6452C4
accent
#3BED56
background
#FBFBF6
surface
#F6F6EB
border
#D0D0C6
text
#111106
muted
#80807A