#8A9228#8A9228

#8A9228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.126 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9228
RGB	rgb(138, 146, 40)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(65, 73%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 72.6%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, -16.63, 52.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 54.61, 107.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.0508 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.126 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.1437, 26.1147, 5.9339)
Luminance	0.2611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9228 #302892

analogous

#926528 #8A9228 #559228

triadic

#8A9228 #288A92 #92288A

tetradic

#8A9228 #289265 #302892 #922855

square

#8A9228 #289265 #302892 #922855

split-complementary

#8A9228 #285592 #652892

monochromatic

#2F320E #5D621B #8A9228 #B7C235 #CBD461

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#8A9228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#8A9228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9228

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9228	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	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)

#9D8B15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93897D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 146, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.126 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb16a',
    500: '#8a9228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9228;
$custom-light: #afb16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.528,
    "s": 56.989,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63348,
    "c": 0.12624,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9228

secondary

#645DB9

accent

#48E053

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9228

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

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