#8A9524#8A9524

#8A9524 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.132 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9524
RGB	rgb(138, 149, 36)
HSL	hsl(66, 61%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(66, 76%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 75.8%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, -18.39, 54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 57.30, 108.72°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% -0.0561 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.132 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.5477, 27.0259, 5.7501)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9524 #2F2495

analogous

#956824 #8A9524 #529524

triadic

#8A9524 #248A95 #95248A

tetradic

#8A9524 #249568 #2F2495 #952452

square

#8A9524 #249568 #2F2495 #952452

split-complementary

#8A9524 #245295 #682495

monochromatic

#2F320C #5C6418 #8A9524 #B8C630 #CCD85C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#8A9524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#8A9524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9524

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9524	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 149, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.132 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb468',
    500: '#8a9524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9524;
$custom-light: #afb468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.841,
    "s": 61.081,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64024,
    "c": 0.1321,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9524

secondary

#6259BC

accent

#44E453

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9524

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

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