#8A9239#8A9239

#8A9239 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.113 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9239
RGB	rgb(138, 146, 57)
HSL	hsl(65, 44%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 61%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.28, -15.53, 44.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.28, 47.59, 109.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% -0.0459 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.113 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.4991, 26.2568, 7.8056)
Luminance	0.2626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9239 #413992

analogous

#926D39 #8A9239 #5E9239

triadic

#8A9239 #398A92 #92398A

tetradic

#8A9239 #39926D #413992 #92395E

square

#8A9239 #39926D #413992 #92395E

split-complementary

#8A9239 #395E92 #6D3992

monochromatic

#373A17 #606628 #8A9239 #B0BA4E #C4CB7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#8A9239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#8A9239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9239

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9239	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)

#9C8B2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 146, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.113 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb173',
    500: '#8a9239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9239;
$custom-light: #aeb173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.393,
    "s": 43.842,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63498,
    "c": 0.11316,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9239

secondary

#7872B4

accent

#54D460

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F5ED

border

#D0CFC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9239

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

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