#8A9230#8A9230

#8A9230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.121 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9230
RGB	rgb(138, 146, 48)
HSL	hsl(65, 51%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 67.1%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.20, -16.16, 48.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.20, 51.48, 108.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% -0.0487 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.121 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.2942, 26.1748, 6.7262)
Luminance	0.2617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9230 #383092

analogous

#926930 #8A9230 #599230

triadic

#8A9230 #308A92 #92308A

tetradic

#8A9230 #309269 #383092 #923059

square

#8A9230 #309269 #383092 #923059

split-complementary

#8A9230 #305992 #693092

monochromatic

#333612 #5E6421 #8A9230 #B5C03F #C7CF6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#8A9230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#8A9230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9230

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9230	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93897E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 146, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.121 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb16e',
    500: '#8a9230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9230;
$custom-light: #afb16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.898,
    "s": 50.515,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63412,
    "c": 0.12057,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9230

secondary

#6E67B7

accent

#4EDA59

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F5EC

border

#D0CFC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9230

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

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