#8A9431#8A9431

#8A9431 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.122 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9431
RGB	rgb(138, 148, 49)
HSL	hsl(66, 50%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(66, 67%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 66.9%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.79, -17.14, 49.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.79, 51.97, 109.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% -0.0513 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.122 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.6260, 26.8052, 6.9398)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9431 #3B3194

analogous

#946C31 #8A9431 #589431

triadic

#8A9431 #318A94 #94318A

tetradic

#8A9431 #31946C #3B3194 #943158

square

#8A9431 #31946C #3B3194 #943158

split-complementary

#8A9431 #315894 #6C3194

monochromatic

#343813 #5F6622 #8A9431 #B4C042 #C6D070

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#8A9431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#8A9431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9431

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9431	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)

#9E8D23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 148, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.122 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb36f',
    500: '#8a9431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9431;
$custom-light: #afb36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.061,
    "s": 50.254,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63888,
    "c": 0.12216,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9431

secondary

#7169B7

accent

#4EDA5C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9431

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

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