#8A953D#8A953D

#8A953D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.113 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A953D
RGB	rgb(138, 149, 61)
HSL	hsl(68, 42%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(68, 59%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 59.1%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, -16.77, 44.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 47.22, 110.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% -0.049 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.113 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.0714, 27.2354, 8.5082)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A953D #483D95

analogous

#95743D #8A953D #5E953D

triadic

#8A953D #3D8A95 #953D8A

tetradic

#8A953D #3D9574 #483D95 #953D5E

square

#8A953D #3D9574 #483D95 #953D5E

split-complementary

#8A953D #3D5E95 #743D95

monochromatic

#3A3E19 #626A2B #8A953D #ADBA56 #C2CB81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#8A953D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#8A953D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A953D

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A953D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A953D	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a953d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 149, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.113 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb476',
    500: '#8a953d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a953d;
$custom-light: #aeb476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a953d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 41.905,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64241,
    "c": 0.11329,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A953D

secondary

#8078B5

accent

#56D266

background

#FAFBF7

surface

#F5F6ED

border

#CFD0C8

text

#111109

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A953D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →