#8A9229#8A9229

#8A9229 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.126 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9229
RGB	rgb(138, 146, 41)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 71.9%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, -16.58, 51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 54.23, 107.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% -0.0506 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.126 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.1610, 26.1216, 6.0246)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9229 #312992

analogous

#926629 #8A9229 #569229

triadic

#8A9229 #298A92 #92298A

tetradic

#8A9229 #299266 #312992 #922956

square

#8A9229 #299266 #312992 #922956

split-complementary

#8A9229 #295692 #662992

monochromatic

#30320E #5D621C #8A9229 #B7C236 #CAD362

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#8A9229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#8A9229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9229

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9229	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)

#9D8B17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93897D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 146, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.126 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb16a',
    500: '#8a9229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9229;
$custom-light: #afb16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.571,
    "s": 56.15,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63355,
    "c": 0.12558,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9229

secondary

#655EB9

accent

#48DF54

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9229

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

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