#8A9440#8A9440

#8A9440 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.109 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9440
RGB	rgb(138, 148, 64)
HSL	hsl(67, 40%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(67, 57%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 56.8%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.93, -16.00, 42.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.93, 45.33, 110.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% -0.0465 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.109 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.9970, 26.9536, 8.8933)
Luminance	0.2695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9440 #4A4094

analogous

#947440 #8A9440 #609440

triadic

#8A9440 #408A94 #94408A

tetradic

#8A9440 #409474 #4A4094 #944060

square

#8A9440 #409474 #4A4094 #944060

split-complementary

#8A9440 #406094 #744094

monochromatic

#3A3F1B #62692E #8A9440 #ACB85A #C2CA84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#8A9440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#8A9440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9440

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9440	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 148, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.109 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb378',
    500: '#8a9440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9440;
$custom-light: #aeb378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.143,
    "s": 39.623,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64042,
    "c": 0.10921,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9440

secondary

#827BB4

accent

#58D066

background

#FAFBF7

surface

#F5F6ED

border

#CFD0C8

text

#101109

muted

#7F807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9440

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

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