#8A9233#8A9233

#8A9233 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.118 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9233
RGB	rgb(138, 146, 51)
HSL	hsl(65, 48%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(65, 65%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 65.1%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.23, -15.96, 47.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.23, 50.22, 108.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.0478 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.118 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.3582, 26.2005, 7.0634)
Luminance	0.2620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9233 #3B3392

analogous

#926A33 #8A9233 #5A9233

triadic

#8A9233 #338A92 #92338A

tetradic

#8A9233 #33926A #3B3392 #92335A

square

#8A9233 #33926A #3B3392 #92335A

split-complementary

#8A9233 #335A92 #6A3392

monochromatic

#343713 #5F6523 #8A9233 #B4BE44 #C6CE72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#8A9233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#8A9233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9233

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9233	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)

#9C8B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 146, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.118 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb170',
    500: '#8a9233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9233;
$custom-light: #afb170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.053,
    "s": 48.223,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63439,
    "c": 0.11822,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9233

secondary

#716BB6

accent

#50D85B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F5EC

border

#D0CFC7

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9233

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

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