#8A9541#8A9541

#8A9541 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.110 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9541
RGB	rgb(138, 149, 65)
HSL	hsl(68, 39%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(68, 56%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 56.4%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, -16.43, 42.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 45.36, 111.24°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% -0.0476 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.11 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.1832, 27.2801, 9.0970)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9541 #4C4195

analogous

#957641 #8A9541 #609541

triadic

#8A9541 #418A95 #95418A

tetradic

#8A9541 #419576 #4C4195 #954160

square

#8A9541 #419576 #4C4195 #954160

split-complementary

#8A9541 #416095 #764195

monochromatic

#3B401C #636A2E #8A9541 #ACB85C #C1CA86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#8A9541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#8A9541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9541

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9541	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 149, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.110 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb478',
    500: '#8a9541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9541;
$custom-light: #aeb478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.857,
    "s": 39.252,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64287,
    "c": 0.10952,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9541

secondary

#847DB5

accent

#59CF68

background

#FAFBF7

surface

#F5F6ED

border

#CFD0C8

text

#101109

muted

#7F807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9541

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

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