#8A9538#8A9538

#8A9538 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.118 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9538
RGB	rgb(138, 149, 56)
HSL	hsl(67, 45%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(67, 62%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 62.4%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, -17.17, 46.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 49.46, 110.31°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% -0.0507 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.118 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.9430, 27.1840, 7.8317)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9538 #433895

analogous

#957238 #8A9538 #5B9538

triadic

#8A9538 #388A95 #95388A

tetradic

#8A9538 #389572 #433895 #95385B

square

#8A9538 #389572 #433895 #95385B

split-complementary

#8A9538 #385B95 #723895

monochromatic

#383C17 #616927 #8A9538 #AFBC4E #C3CD7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#8A9538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#8A9538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9538

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9538	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 149, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.118 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb473',
    500: '#8a9538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9538;
$custom-light: #aeb473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.097,
    "s": 45.366,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64187,
    "c": 0.1177,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9538

secondary

#7B73B6

accent

#53D562

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9538

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

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