#8A9545#8A9545

#8A9545 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.106 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9545
RGB	rgb(138, 149, 69)
HSL	hsl(68, 37%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(68, 54%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 53.7%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, -16.07, 40.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 43.46, 111.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.34% -0.0462 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(64.34% 0.106 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.3032, 27.3281, 9.7290)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9545 #504595

analogous

#957845 #8A9545 #629545

triadic

#8A9545 #458A95 #95458A

tetradic

#8A9545 #459578 #504595 #954562

square

#8A9545 #459578 #504595 #954562

split-complementary

#8A9545 #456295 #784595

monochromatic

#3D411E #636B32 #8A9545 #AAB661 #C1C98B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#8A9545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#8A9545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9545

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9545	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 149, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.106 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb47b',
    500: '#8a9545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9545;
$custom-light: #aeb47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.25,
    "s": 36.697,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64336,
    "c": 0.10558,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9545

secondary

#8881B5

accent

#5BCD6B

background

#FAFBF7

surface

#F5F6EE

border

#CFD0C9

text

#101109

muted

#7F807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9545

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

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