#8A9531#8A9531

#8A9531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.123 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9531
RGB	rgb(138, 149, 49)
HSL	hsl(67, 51%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(67, 67%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 67.1%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, -17.66, 49.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 52.43, 109.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% -0.0528 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.123 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.7836, 27.1203, 6.9923)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9531 #3C3195

analogous

#956E31 #8A9531 #589531

triadic

#8A9531 #318A95 #95318A

tetradic

#8A9531 #31956E #3C3195 #953158

square

#8A9531 #31956E #3C3195 #953158

split-complementary

#8A9531 #315895 #6E3195

monochromatic

#353913 #5F6722 #8A9531 #B3C142 #C6D070

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#8A9531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#8A9531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9531

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9531	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)

#9F8E23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 149, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.123 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb46f',
    500: '#8a9531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9531;
$custom-light: #afb46f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.6,
    "s": 50.505,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64122,
    "c": 0.12336,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9531

secondary

#736AB8

accent

#4EDA5D

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9531

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

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