#8A9533#8A9533

#8A9533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.122 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9533
RGB	rgb(138, 149, 51)
HSL	hsl(67, 49%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(67, 66%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 65.8%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, -17.53, 48.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 51.60, 109.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.14% -0.0522 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(64.14% 0.122 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.8267, 27.1375, 7.2196)
Luminance	0.2714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9533 #3E3395

analogous

#956F33 #8A9533 #599533

triadic

#8A9533 #338A95 #95338A

tetradic

#8A9533 #33956F #3E3395 #953359

square

#8A9533 #33956F #3E3395 #953359

split-complementary

#8A9533 #335995 #6F3395

monochromatic

#363A14 #606723 #8A9533 #B2C046 #C5CF73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#8A9533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#8A9533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9533

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9533	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 149, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.122 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb470',
    500: '#8a9533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9533;
$custom-light: #afb470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.735,
    "s": 49,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64139,
    "c": 0.12181,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9533

secondary

#756CB7

accent

#4FD95F

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9533

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

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