#8A9249#8A9249

#8A9249 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.098 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9249
RGB	rgb(138, 146, 73)
HSL	hsl(67, 33%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(67, 50%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 50%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.45, -14.10, 37.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.45, 39.96, 110.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% -0.0402 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.098 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9630, 26.4424, 10.2489)
Luminance	0.2644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9249 #514992

analogous

#927549 #8A9249 #669249

triadic

#8A9249 #498A92 #92498A

tetradic

#8A9249 #499275 #514992 #924966

square

#8A9249 #499275 #514992 #924966

split-complementary

#8A9249 #496692 #754992

monochromatic

#3D4020 #636935 #8A9249 #AAB266 #C1C78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#8A9249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#8A9249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9249

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9249	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8C42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#918B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 146, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.098 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb17e',
    500: '#8a9249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9249;
$custom-light: #aeb17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.575,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63694,
    "c": 0.0975,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9249

secondary

#8984B3

accent

#5EC96A

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F4F5EE

border

#CECFC9

text

#10100A

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9249

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

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