#8A9340#8A9340

#8A9340 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.108 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9340
RGB	rgb(138, 147, 64)
HSL	hsl(67, 39%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(67, 56%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 56.5%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.64, -15.47, 42.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.64, 44.84, 110.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% -0.045 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.108 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8408, 26.6412, 8.8412)
Luminance	0.2664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9340 #494093

analogous

#937340 #8A9340 #619340

triadic

#8A9340 #408A93 #93408A

tetradic

#8A9340 #409373 #494093 #934061

square

#8A9340 #409373 #494093 #934061

split-complementary

#8A9340 #406193 #734093

monochromatic

#3A3E1B #62682D #8A9340 #ADB759 #C2C984

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#8A9340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#8A9340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9340

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9340	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 147, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.108 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb278',
    500: '#8a9340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9340;
$custom-light: #aeb278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.506,
    "s": 39.336,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6381,
    "c": 0.10794,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9340

secondary

#817BB4

accent

#59CF65

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F5ED

border

#CFCFC8

text

#101009

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9340

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

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