#8A9022#8A9022

#8A9022 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.128 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9022
RGB	rgb(138, 144, 34)
HSL	hsl(63, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(63, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 76.4%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.53, -15.89, 53.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.53, 55.89, 106.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% -0.0493 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.128 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.7439, 25.4658, 5.3357)
Luminance	0.2546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9022 #282290

analogous

#905F22 #8A9022 #539022

triadic

#8A9022 #228A90 #90228A

tetradic

#8A9022 #22905F #282290 #902253

square

#8A9022 #22905F #282290 #902253

split-complementary

#8A9022 #225390 #5F2290

monochromatic

#2B2D0B #5B5E16 #8A9022 #B9C22E #D0D755

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#8A9022 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#8A9022 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9022

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9022	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9022	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8908

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94877B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9022;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 144, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.128 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb066',
    500: '#8a9022',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9022;
$custom-light: #afb066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9022",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.273,
    "s": 61.798,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6284,
    "c": 0.12768,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9022

secondary

#5953BB

accent

#43E54C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9022

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

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