#8B981A#8B981A

#8B981A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.140 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B981A
RGB	rgb(139, 152, 26)
HSL	hsl(66, 71%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(66, 83%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 82.9%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.91, -19.90, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.91, 61.51, 108.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% -0.0611 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.14 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.0628, 28.0204, 5.2233)
Luminance	0.2802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B981A #271A98

analogous

#98661A #8B981A #4C981A

triadic

#8B981A #1A8B98 #981A8B

tetradic

#8B981A #1A9866 #271A98 #981A4C

square

#8B981A #1A9866 #271A98 #981A4C

split-complementary

#8B981A #1A4C98 #661A98

monochromatic

#2B2F08 #5B6411 #8B981A #BBCC23 #D1E04C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#8B981A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#8B981A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B981A

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B981A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B981A	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b981a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 152, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.140 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b664',
    500: '#8b981a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b981a;
$custom-light: #b1b664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b981a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.19,
    "s": 70.787,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64758,
    "c": 0.14014,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B981A

secondary

#584BC2

accent

#3AEE4D

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B981A

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

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