#8A9536#8A9536

#8A9536 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.119 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9536
RGB	rgb(138, 149, 54)
HSL	hsl(67, 47%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(67, 64%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 63.8%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, -17.32, 47.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 50.33, 110.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% -0.0513 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.119 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.8950, 27.1648, 7.5792)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9536 #413695

analogous

#957036 #8A9536 #5B9536

triadic

#8A9536 #368A95 #95368A

tetradic

#8A9536 #369570 #413695 #95365B

square

#8A9536 #369570 #413695 #95365B

split-complementary

#8A9536 #365B95 #703695

monochromatic

#373B15 #606826 #8A9536 #B0BE4B #C4CE78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#8A9536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#8A9536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9536

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9536	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	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)

#9F8E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 149, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.119 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb472',
    500: '#8a9536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9536;
$custom-light: #afb472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.947,
    "s": 46.798,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64168,
    "c": 0.11939,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9536

secondary

#7870B7

accent

#51D661

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9536

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

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