#8A952E#8A952E

#8A952E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.126 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A952E
RGB	rgb(138, 149, 46)
HSL	hsl(66, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(66, 69%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 69.1%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, -17.85, 50.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 53.64, 109.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% -0.0536 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.126 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.7224, 27.0958, 6.6699)
Luminance	0.2710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A952E #392E95

analogous

#956C2E #8A952E #56952E

triadic

#8A952E #2E8A95 #952E8A

tetradic

#8A952E #2E956C #392E95 #952E56

square

#8A952E #2E956C #392E95 #952E56

split-complementary

#8A952E #2E5695 #6C2E95

monochromatic

#333711 #5F6620 #8A952E #B5C33D #C7D26C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#8A952E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#8A952E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A952E

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A952E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A952E	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a952e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 149, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.126 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb46d',
    500: '#8a952e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a952e;
$custom-light: #afb46d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a952e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.408,
    "s": 52.821,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64096,
    "c": 0.12558,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A952E

secondary

#6F66B9

accent

#4CDC5B

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A952E

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

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