#8A942F#8A942F

#8A942F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.124 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A942F
RGB	rgb(138, 148, 47)
HSL	hsl(66, 52%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(66, 68%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 68.2%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.78, -17.27, 49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.78, 52.79, 109.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% -0.0519 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.124 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.5848, 26.7887, 6.7224)
Luminance	0.2679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A942F #392F94

analogous

#946B2F #8A942F #57942F

triadic

#8A942F #2F8A94 #942F8A

tetradic

#8A942F #2F946B #392F94 #942F57

square

#8A942F #2F946B #392F94 #942F57

split-complementary

#8A942F #2F5794 #6B2F94

monochromatic

#333711 #5F6620 #8A942F #B5C23E #C7D16D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#8A942F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#8A942F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A942F

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A942F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A942F	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a942f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 148, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.124 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb36e',
    500: '#8a942f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a942f;
$custom-light: #afb36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a942f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.941,
    "s": 51.795,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6387,
    "c": 0.12367,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A942F

secondary

#6F67B8

accent

#4DDB5B

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A942F

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

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