#8A9224#8A9224

#8A9224 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.129 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9224
RGB	rgb(138, 146, 36)
HSL	hsl(64, 60%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(64, 75%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 75.3%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.12, -16.84, 53.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.12, 56.03, 107.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% -0.0518 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.129 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.0792, 26.0889, 5.5940)
Luminance	0.2609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9224 #2C2492

analogous

#926324 #8A9224 #539224

triadic

#8A9224 #248A92 #92248A

tetradic

#8A9224 #249263 #2C2492 #922453

square

#8A9224 #249263 #2C2492 #922453

split-complementary

#8A9224 #245392 #632492

monochromatic

#2D300C #5C6118 #8A9224 #B8C330 #CDD65A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#8A9224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#8A9224 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9224

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9224	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)

#9D8B0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93897D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 146, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.129 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb168',
    500: '#8a9224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9224;
$custom-light: #afb168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.364,
    "s": 60.44,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6332,
    "c": 0.12872,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9224

secondary

#5E57BB

accent

#44E450

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9224

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

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