#8A9537#8A9537

#8A9537 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.119 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9537
RGB	rgb(138, 149, 55)
HSL	hsl(67, 46%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(67, 63%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 63.1%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, -17.24, 46.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 49.90, 110.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% -0.051 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.119 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.9187, 27.1743, 7.7042)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9537 #423795

analogous

#957137 #8A9537 #5B9537

triadic

#8A9537 #378A95 #95378A

tetradic

#8A9537 #379571 #423795 #95375B

square

#8A9537 #379571 #423795 #95375B

split-complementary

#8A9537 #375B95 #713795

monochromatic

#373C16 #616827 #8A9537 #B0BD4C #C4CD79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#8A9537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#8A9537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9537

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9537	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)

#9F8E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 149, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.119 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb472',
    500: '#8a9537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9537;
$custom-light: #aeb472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.021,
    "s": 46.078,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64177,
    "c": 0.11855,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9537

secondary

#7971B6

accent

#52D661

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9537

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

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