#8A9451#8A9451

#8A9451 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.091 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9451
RGB	rgb(138, 148, 81)
HSL	hsl(69, 29%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(69, 45%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 45.3%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, -14.31, 34.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 36.97, 112.77°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% -0.04 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.091 116)
XYZ	xyz(22.5566, 27.1774, 11.8405)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9451 #5B5194

analogous

#947C51 #8A9451 #699451

triadic

#8A9451 #518A94 #94518A

tetradic

#8A9451 #51947C #5B5194 #945169

square

#8A9451 #51947C #5B5194 #945169

split-complementary

#8A9451 #516994 #7C5194

monochromatic

#404526 #656C3B #8A9451 #A8B171 #C0C798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#8A9451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#8A9451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9451

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9451	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8E4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#918D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 148, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.091 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb383',
    500: '#8a9451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9451;
$custom-light: #adb383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.955,
    "s": 29.258,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64274,
    "c": 0.09137,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.27177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9451

secondary

#938DB4

accent

#62C671

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F4F6EF

border

#CED0CA

text

#10110B

muted

#7F807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9451

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

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