#8A9437#8A9437

#8A9437 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.117 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9437
RGB	rgb(138, 148, 55)
HSL	hsl(66, 46%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(66, 63%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 62.8%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.84, -16.72, 46.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.84, 49.42, 109.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% -0.0495 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.117 115)
XYZ	xyz(21.7612, 26.8593, 7.6517)
Luminance	0.2686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9437 #413794

analogous

#947037 #8A9437 #5B9437

triadic

#8A9437 #378A94 #94378A

tetradic

#8A9437 #379470 #413794 #94375B

square

#8A9437 #379470 #413794 #94375B

split-complementary

#8A9437 #375B94 #703794

monochromatic

#373B16 #606726 #8A9437 #B0BC4C #C4CD78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#8A9437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#8A9437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9437

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9437	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)

#9E8D2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 148, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.117 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb372',
    500: '#8a9437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9437;
$custom-light: #aeb372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.452,
    "s": 45.813,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63944,
    "c": 0.11733,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.26859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9437

secondary

#7871B6

accent

#52D560

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9437

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

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