#8A9231#8A9231

#8A9231 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.120 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9231
RGB	rgb(138, 146, 49)
HSL	hsl(65, 50%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(65, 66%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 66.4%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.21, -16.10, 48.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.21, 51.06, 108.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% -0.0484 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.12 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.3150, 26.1832, 6.8362)
Luminance	0.2618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9231 #393192

analogous

#926931 #8A9231 #599231

triadic

#8A9231 #318A92 #92318A

tetradic

#8A9231 #319269 #393192 #923159

square

#8A9231 #319269 #393192 #923159

split-complementary

#8A9231 #315992 #693192

monochromatic

#333612 #5F6422 #8A9231 #B5BF41 #C7CF6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#8A9231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#8A9231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9231

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9231	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 146, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.120 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb16e',
    500: '#8a9231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9231;
$custom-light: #afb16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.948,
    "s": 49.744,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6342,
    "c": 0.11981,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9231

secondary

#6F69B6

accent

#4FD95A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F5EC

border

#D0CFC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9231

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

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