#8A9540#8A9540

#8A9540 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.110 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9540
RGB	rgb(138, 149, 64)
HSL	hsl(68, 40%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(68, 57%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 57%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, -16.52, 42.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 45.83, 111.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% -0.048 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.11 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1545, 27.2686, 8.9458)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9540 #4B4095

analogous

#957640 #8A9540 #609540

triadic

#8A9540 #408A95 #95408A

tetradic

#8A9540 #409576 #4B4095 #954060

square

#8A9540 #409576 #4B4095 #954060

split-complementary

#8A9540 #406095 #764095

monochromatic

#3B3F1B #626A2E #8A9540 #ACB85A #C2CB85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#8A9540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#8A9540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9540

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9540	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	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)

#9F8E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 149, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.110 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb478',
    500: '#8a9540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9540;
$custom-light: #aeb478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.765,
    "s": 39.906,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64275,
    "c": 0.11048,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9540

secondary

#837CB5

accent

#58D068

background

#FAFBF7

surface

#F5F6ED

border

#CFD0C8

text

#111109

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9540

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

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