#8A9237#8A9237

#8A9237 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.115 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9237
RGB	rgb(138, 146, 55)
HSL	hsl(65, 45%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(65, 62%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 62.3%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, -15.68, 45.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 48.48, 108.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% -0.0466 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.115 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.4502, 26.2373, 7.5480)
Luminance	0.2624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9237 #3F3792

analogous

#926D37 #8A9237 #5D9237

triadic

#8A9237 #378A92 #92378A

tetradic

#8A9237 #37926D #3F3792 #92375D

square

#8A9237 #37926D #3F3792 #92375D

split-complementary

#8A9237 #375D92 #6D3792

monochromatic

#363916 #606626 #8A9237 #B1BB4B #C5CC77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#8A9237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#8A9237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9237

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9237	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 146, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.115 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb172',
    500: '#8a9237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9237;
$custom-light: #aeb172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.275,
    "s": 45.274,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63478,
    "c": 0.1149,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9237

secondary

#7670B5

accent

#53D55E

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F5ED

border

#D0CFC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9237

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

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