#8C981A#8C981A

#8C981A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.140 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C981A
RGB	rgb(140, 152, 26)
HSL	hsl(66, 71%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(66, 83%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 82.9%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.99, -19.46, 58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.99, 61.46, 108.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% -0.0599 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.14 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2306, 28.1069, 5.2312)
Luminance	0.2811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C981A #261A98

analogous

#98651A #8C981A #4D981A

triadic

#8C981A #1A8C98 #981A8C

tetradic

#8C981A #1A9865 #261A98 #981A4D

square

#8C981A #1A9865 #261A98 #981A4D

split-complementary

#8C981A #1A4D98 #651A98

monochromatic

#2C2F08 #5C6411 #8C981A #BCCC23 #D2E04C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#8C981A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#8C981A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C981A

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C981A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C981A	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c981a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 152, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.140 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b664',
    500: '#8c981a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c981a;
$custom-light: #b1b664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c981a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.714,
    "s": 70.787,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6484,
    "c": 0.13979,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C981A

secondary

#574BC2

accent

#3AEE4B

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C981A

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

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