#8A9436#8A9436

#8A9436 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.118 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9436
RGB	rgb(138, 148, 54)
HSL	hsl(66, 47%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(66, 64%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 63.5%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.84, -16.80, 46.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.84, 49.86, 109.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% -0.0498 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.118 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7375, 26.8498, 7.5267)
Luminance	0.2685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9436 #403694

analogous

#946F36 #8A9436 #5B9436

triadic

#8A9436 #368A94 #94368A

tetradic

#8A9436 #36946F #403694 #94365B

square

#8A9436 #36946F #403694 #94365B

split-complementary

#8A9436 #365B94 #6F3694

monochromatic

#363A15 #606726 #8A9436 #B1BD4A #C4CD77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#8A9436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#8A9436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9436

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9436	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 148, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.118 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb372',
    500: '#8a9436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9436;
$custom-light: #afb372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.383,
    "s": 46.535,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63934,
    "c": 0.11817,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9436

secondary

#7770B6

accent

#52D660

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9436

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

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