#8A9535#8A9535

#8A9535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.120 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9535
RGB	rgb(138, 149, 53)
HSL	hsl(67, 48%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(67, 64%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 64.4%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.12, -17.39, 47.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.12, 50.76, 110.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% -0.0516 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.12 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.8718, 27.1555, 7.4568)
Luminance	0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9535 #403595

analogous

#957035 #8A9535 #5A9535

triadic

#8A9535 #358A95 #95358A

tetradic

#8A9535 #359570 #403595 #95355A

square

#8A9535 #359570 #403595 #95355A

split-complementary

#8A9535 #355A95 #703595

monochromatic

#363B15 #606825 #8A9535 #B1BE49 #C4CE76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#8A9535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#8A9535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9535

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9535	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)

#9F8E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 149, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.120 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb471',
    500: '#8a9535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9535;
$custom-light: #afb471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.875,
    "s": 47.525,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64158,
    "c": 0.1202,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9535

secondary

#776FB7

accent

#51D760

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9535

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

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