#8A9227#8A9227

#8A9227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.127 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9227
RGB	rgb(138, 146, 39)
HSL	hsl(64, 58%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(64, 73%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 73.3%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.14, -16.69, 52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.14, 54.97, 107.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% -0.0511 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.127 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.1269, 26.1080, 5.8455)
Luminance	0.2611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9227 #2F2792

analogous

#926527 #8A9227 #559227

triadic

#8A9227 #278A92 #92278A

tetradic

#8A9227 #279265 #2F2792 #922755

square

#8A9227 #279265 #2F2792 #922755

split-complementary

#8A9227 #275592 #652792

monochromatic

#2F310D #5C621A #8A9227 #B8C234 #CCD45F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#8A9227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#8A9227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9227

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9227	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)

#9D8B13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93897D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 146, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.127 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb169',
    500: '#8a9227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9227;
$custom-light: #afb169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.486,
    "s": 57.838,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63341,
    "c": 0.12687,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9227

secondary

#625BBA

accent

#47E152

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9227

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

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