#8A953E#8A953E

#8A953E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.112 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A953E
RGB	rgb(138, 149, 62)
HSL	hsl(68, 41%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(68, 58%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 58.4%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, -16.69, 43.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 46.76, 110.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.25% -0.0487 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(64.25% 0.112 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.0986, 27.2463, 8.6514)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A953E #493E95

analogous

#95753E #8A953E #5F953E

triadic

#8A953E #3E8A95 #953E8A

tetradic

#8A953E #3E9575 #493E95 #953E5F

square

#8A953E #3E9575 #493E95 #953E5F

split-complementary

#8A953E #3E5F95 #753E95

monochromatic

#3A3F1A #626A2C #8A953E #ADB957 #C2CB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#8A953E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#8A953E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A953E

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A953E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A953E	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)

#9F8E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a953e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 149, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.112 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb477',
    500: '#8a953e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a953e;
$custom-light: #aeb477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a953e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.586,
    "s": 41.232,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64252,
    "c": 0.11236,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A953E

secondary

#817AB5

accent

#57D166

background

#FAFBF7

surface

#F5F6ED

border

#CFD0C8

text

#111109

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A953E

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

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