#8A9036#8A9036

#8A9036 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.113 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9036
RGB	rgb(138, 144, 54)
HSL	hsl(64, 45%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(64, 63%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 62.5%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.67, -14.70, 45.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.67, 48.00, 107.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63% -0.0439 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.113 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.1209, 25.6166, 7.3212)
Luminance	0.2562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9036 #3C3690

analogous

#906936 #8A9036 #5D9036

triadic

#8A9036 #368A90 #90368A

tetradic

#8A9036 #369069 #3C3690 #90365D

square

#8A9036 #369069 #3C3690 #90365D

split-complementary

#8A9036 #365D90 #693690

monochromatic

#353715 #5F6325 #8A9036 #B3BB49 #C6CB75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#8A9036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#8A9036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9036

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9036	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A892B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93887D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 144, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.113 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb071',
    500: '#8a9036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9036;
$custom-light: #aeb071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63002,
    "c": 0.11336,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9036

secondary

#736EB4

accent

#53D55B

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9036

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

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