#8A9423#8A9423

#8A9423 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.132 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9423
RGB	rgb(138, 148, 35)
HSL	hsl(65, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(65, 76%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 76.4%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.70, -17.92, 54.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.70, 57.21, 108.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% -0.0549 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.132 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.3751, 26.7048, 5.6183)
Luminance	0.2670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9423 #2D2394

analogous

#946523 #8A9423 #519423

triadic

#8A9423 #238A94 #94238A

tetradic

#8A9423 #239465 #2D2394 #942351

square

#8A9423 #239465 #2D2394 #942351

split-complementary

#8A9423 #235194 #652394

monochromatic

#2E310C #5C6317 #8A9423 #B8C52F #CDD85A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#8A9423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#8A9423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9423

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9423	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)

#9F8C08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 148, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.132 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb367',
    500: '#8a9423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9423;
$custom-light: #afb367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.31,
    "s": 61.749,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63783,
    "c": 0.13154,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9423

secondary

#6057BC

accent

#43E551

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9423

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

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