#8A9529#8A9529

#8A9529 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.129 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9529
RGB	rgb(138, 149, 41)
HSL	hsl(66, 57%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(66, 72%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 72.5%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, -18.14, 52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 55.54, 109.06°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% -0.0549 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.129 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.6295, 27.0586, 6.1808)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9529 #342995

analogous

#956A29 #8A9529 #549529

triadic

#8A9529 #298A95 #95298A

tetradic

#8A9529 #29956A #342995 #952954

square

#8A9529 #29956A #342995 #952954

split-complementary

#8A9529 #295495 #6A2995

monochromatic

#31350F #5E651C #8A9529 #B6C536 #C9D464

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#8A9529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#8A9529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9529

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9529	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)

#A08D16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 149, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.129 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb46a',
    500: '#8a9529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9529;
$custom-light: #afb46a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.111,
    "s": 56.842,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64058,
    "c": 0.12901,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9529

secondary

#6960BA

accent

#48E057

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9529

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

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