#8A942D#8A942D

#8A942D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.125 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A942D
RGB	rgb(138, 148, 45)
HSL	hsl(66, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(66, 70%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 69.6%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.76, -17.39, 50.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.76, 53.58, 108.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% -0.0524 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.125 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.5454, 26.7729, 6.5148)
Luminance	0.2677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A942D #372D94

analogous

#946A2D #8A942D #57942D

triadic

#8A942D #2D8A94 #942D8A

tetradic

#8A942D #2D946A #372D94 #942D57

square

#8A942D #2D946A #372D94 #942D57

split-complementary

#8A942D #2D5794 #6A2D94

monochromatic

#323610 #5E651F #8A942D #B6C33B #C8D26A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#8A942D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#8A942D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A942D

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A942D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A942D	1.00	3.30	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.30	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)

#9F8D1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a942d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 148, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.125 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb36c',
    500: '#8a942d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a942d;
$custom-light: #afb36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a942d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.825,
    "s": 53.368,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63854,
    "c": 0.12513,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A942D

secondary

#6D64B8

accent

#4BDD59

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A942D

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

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