#8A9429#8A9429

#8A9429 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.128 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9429
RGB	rgb(138, 148, 41)
HSL	hsl(66, 57%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(66, 72%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 72.3%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.74, -17.62, 52.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.74, 55.10, 108.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% -0.0535 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.128 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.4720, 26.7436, 6.1283)
Luminance	0.2674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9429 #332994

analogous

#946829 #8A9429 #559429

triadic

#8A9429 #298A94 #94298A

tetradic

#8A9429 #299468 #332994 #942955

square

#8A9429 #299468 #332994 #942955

split-complementary

#8A9429 #295594 #682994

monochromatic

#31340E #5D641C #8A9429 #B7C436 #C9D463

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#8A9429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#8A9429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9429

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9429	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 148, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.128 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb36a',
    500: '#8a9429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9429;
$custom-light: #afb36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.607,
    "s": 56.614,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63823,
    "c": 0.12786,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9429

secondary

#675FBA

accent

#48E056

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9429

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

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