#8A9342#8A9342

#8A9342 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.106 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9342
RGB	rgb(138, 147, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 38%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(67, 55%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 55.1%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.66, -15.30, 41.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.66, 43.89, 110.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% -0.0443 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.106 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8987, 26.6644, 9.1463)
Luminance	0.2666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9342 #4B4293

analogous

#937442 #8A9342 #629342

triadic

#8A9342 #428A93 #93428A

tetradic

#8A9342 #429374 #4B4293 #934262

square

#8A9342 #429374 #4B4293 #934262

split-complementary

#8A9342 #426293 #744293

monochromatic

#3B3F1C #62692F #8A9342 #ACB65C #C2C987

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#8A9342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#8A9342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9342

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9342	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)

#9C8C3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 147, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.106 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb279',
    500: '#8a9342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9342;
$custom-light: #aeb279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 38.028,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63834,
    "c": 0.10599,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9342

secondary

#837DB4

accent

#5ACE67

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F5ED

border

#CFCFC8

text

#101009

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9342

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

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