#8A9544#8A9544

#8A9544 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.107 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9544
RGB	rgb(138, 149, 68)
HSL	hsl(68, 37%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(68, 54%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 54.4%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, -16.16, 40.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 43.94, 111.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% -0.0465 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.107 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.2724, 27.3158, 9.5669)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9544 #4F4495

analogous

#957744 #8A9544 #629544

triadic

#8A9544 #448A95 #95448A

tetradic

#8A9544 #449577 #4F4495 #954462

square

#8A9544 #449577 #4F4495 #954462

split-complementary

#8A9544 #446295 #774495

monochromatic

#3C411E #636B31 #8A9544 #ABB660 #C1CA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#8A9544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#8A9544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9544

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9544	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)

#9E8E3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 149, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.107 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb47a',
    500: '#8a9544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9544;
$custom-light: #aeb47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.148,
    "s": 37.327,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64324,
    "c": 0.10658,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9544

secondary

#8780B5

accent

#5BCD6A

background

#FAFBF7

surface

#F5F6EE

border

#CFD0C9

text

#101109

muted

#7F807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9544

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

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