#8A9222#8A9222

#8A9222 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.130 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9222
RGB	rgb(138, 146, 34)
HSL	hsl(64, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(64, 77%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 76.7%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.11, -16.93, 54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.11, 56.71, 107.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% -0.0522 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.13 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.0495, 26.0770, 5.4376)
Luminance	0.2608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9222 #2A2292

analogous

#926222 #8A9222 #529222

triadic

#8A9222 #228A92 #92228A

tetradic

#8A9222 #229262 #2A2292 #922252

square

#8A9222 #229262 #2A2292 #922252

split-complementary

#8A9222 #225292 #622292

monochromatic

#2C2F0B #5B6016 #8A9222 #B9C42E #CFD857

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#8A9222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#8A9222 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9222

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9222	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94897D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 146, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.130 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb167',
    500: '#8a9222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9222;
$custom-light: #afb167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 62.222,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63308,
    "c": 0.12988,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9222

secondary

#5B54BC

accent

#43E54E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9222

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

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