#8A9238#8A9238

#8A9238 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.114 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9238
RGB	rgb(138, 146, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 45%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(65, 62%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 61.6%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.27, -15.60, 45.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.27, 48.04, 108.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.0463 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.114 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.4744, 26.2469, 7.6755)
Luminance	0.2625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9238 #403892

analogous

#926D38 #8A9238 #5D9238

triadic

#8A9238 #388A92 #92388A

tetradic

#8A9238 #38926D #403892 #92385D

square

#8A9238 #38926D #403892 #92385D

split-complementary

#8A9238 #385D92 #6D3892

monochromatic

#363A16 #606627 #8A9238 #B1BB4D #C4CC79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#8A9238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#8A9238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9238

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9238	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)

#9C8B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 146, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.114 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb173',
    500: '#8a9238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9238;
$custom-light: #aeb173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.333,
    "s": 44.554,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63488,
    "c": 0.11403,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9238

secondary

#7771B5

accent

#54D45F

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F5ED

border

#D0CFC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9238

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

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