#8A9226#8A9226

#8A9226 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.128 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9226
RGB	rgb(138, 146, 38)
HSL	hsl(64, 59%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(64, 74%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 74%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.13, -16.74, 52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.13, 55.33, 107.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% -0.0513 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.128 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.1106, 26.1014, 5.7594)
Luminance	0.2610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9226 #2E2692

analogous

#926426 #8A9226 #549226

triadic

#8A9226 #268A92 #92268A

tetradic

#8A9226 #269264 #2E2692 #922654

square

#8A9226 #269264 #2E2692 #922654

split-complementary

#8A9226 #265492 #642692

monochromatic

#2E310D #5C6119 #8A9226 #B8C333 #CCD55D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#8A9226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#8A9226 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9226

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9226	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)

#9D8B11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93897D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 146, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.128 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb169',
    500: '#8a9226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9226;
$custom-light: #afb169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.444,
    "s": 58.696,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63334,
    "c": 0.1275,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9226

secondary

#615ABA

accent

#46E251

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9226

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

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