#8A9E1D#8A9E1D

#8A9E1D 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	#8A9E1D
RGB	rgb(138, 158, 29)
HSL	hsl(69, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(69, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 81.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.61, -23.25, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.61, 63.27, 111.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.11% -0.07 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(66.11% 0.146 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9304, 29.9459, 5.7343)
Luminance	0.2995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9E1D #311D9E

analogous

#9E721D #8A9E1D #4A9E1D

triadic

#8A9E1D #1D8A9E #9E1D8A

tetradic

#8A9E1D #1D9E72 #311D9E #9E1D4A

square

#8A9E1D #1D9E72 #311D9E #9E1D4A

split-complementary

#8A9E1D #1D4A9E #721D9E

monochromatic

#30370A #5D6A14 #8A9E1D #B7D226 #CAE056

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#8A9E1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#8A9E1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9E1D

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9E1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9E1D	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	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: #8a9e1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 158, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.146 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ba66',
    500: '#8a9e1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9e1d;
$custom-light: #b0ba66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9e1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.302,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6611,
    "c": 0.14595,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9E1D

secondary

#6554C3

accent

#3CEC57

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9E1D

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

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