#8A953B#8A953B

#8A953B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.115 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A953B
RGB	rgb(138, 149, 59)
HSL	hsl(67, 43%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(67, 60%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 60.4%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -16.94, 45.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 48.12, 110.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% -0.0497 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.115 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.0185, 27.2142, 8.2298)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A953B #463B95

analogous

#95733B #8A953B #5D953B

triadic

#8A953B #3B8A95 #953B8A

tetradic

#8A953B #3B9573 #463B95 #953B5D

square

#8A953B #3B9573 #463B95 #953B5D

split-complementary

#8A953B #3B5D95 #733B95

monochromatic

#393D18 #61692A #8A953B #AEBB53 #C3CC7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#8A953B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#8A953B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A953B

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A953B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A953B	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)

#9F8E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a953b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 149, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.115 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb475',
    500: '#8a953b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a953b;
$custom-light: #aeb475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a953b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.333,
    "s": 43.269,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64219,
    "c": 0.11509,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A953B

secondary

#7E76B6

accent

#55D364

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A953B

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

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