#8A9422#8A9422

#8A9422 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.132 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9422
RGB	rgb(138, 148, 34)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(65, 77%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 77%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.69, -17.97, 54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.69, 57.55, 108.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% -0.0551 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.132 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.3605, 26.6990, 5.5412)
Luminance	0.2670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9422 #2C2294

analogous

#946522 #8A9422 #519422

triadic

#8A9422 #228A94 #94228A

tetradic

#8A9422 #229465 #2C2294 #942251

square

#8A9422 #229465 #2C2294 #942251

split-complementary

#8A9422 #225194 #652294

monochromatic

#2D300B #5C6217 #8A9422 #B8C62D #CDD958

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#8A9422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#8A9422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9422

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9422	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 148, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.132 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb367',
    500: '#8a9422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9422;
$custom-light: #afb367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.263,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63777,
    "c": 0.1321,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9422

secondary

#5E55BD

accent

#42E650

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9422

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

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