#8A9037#8A9037

#8A9037 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 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9037
RGB	rgb(138, 144, 55)
HSL	hsl(64, 45%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(64, 62%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 61.8%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.68, -14.62, 45.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.68, 47.55, 107.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% -0.0436 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.113 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.1446, 25.6261, 7.4461)
Luminance	0.2563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9037 #3D3790

analogous

#906A37 #8A9037 #5E9037

triadic

#8A9037 #378A90 #90378A

tetradic

#8A9037 #37906A #3D3790 #90375E

square

#8A9037 #37906A #3D3790 #90375E

split-complementary

#8A9037 #375E90 #6A3790

monochromatic

#353715 #606426 #8A9037 #B2BA4A #C5CB77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#8A9037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#8A9037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9037

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9037	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93887D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 144, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.113 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb072',
    500: '#8a9037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9037;
$custom-light: #aeb072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.045,
    "s": 44.724,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63013,
    "c": 0.1125,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9037

secondary

#746FB4

accent

#53D45C

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9037

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

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