#8A9424#8A9424

#8A9424 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.131 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9424
RGB	rgb(138, 148, 36)
HSL	hsl(65, 61%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(65, 76%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 75.7%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.71, -17.88, 54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.71, 56.88, 108.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% -0.0546 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.131 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.3902, 26.7109, 5.6976)
Luminance	0.2671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9424 #2E2494

analogous

#946624 #8A9424 #529424

triadic

#8A9424 #248A94 #94248A

tetradic

#8A9424 #249466 #2E2494 #942452

square

#8A9424 #249466 #2E2494 #942452

split-complementary

#8A9424 #245294 #662494

monochromatic

#2E320C #5C6318 #8A9424 #B8C530 #CCD75B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#8A9424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#8A9424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9424

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9424	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)

#9F8C0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 148, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.131 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb368',
    500: '#8a9424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9424;
$custom-light: #afb368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.357,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63789,
    "c": 0.13096,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9424

secondary

#6158BC

accent

#44E452

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9424

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

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