#8A9549#8A9549

#8A9549 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.101 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9549
RGB	rgb(138, 149, 73)
HSL	hsl(69, 34%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(69, 51%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 51%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, -15.68, 38.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 41.51, 112.20°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% -0.0447 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.101 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.4316, 27.3795, 10.4051)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9549 #544995

analogous

#957A49 #8A9549 #649549

triadic

#8A9549 #498A95 #95498A

tetradic

#8A9549 #49957A #544995 #954964

square

#8A9549 #49957A #544995 #954964

split-complementary

#8A9549 #496495 #7A4995

monochromatic

#3E4321 #646C35 #8A9549 #A9B467 #C0C990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#8A9549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#8A9549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9549

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9549	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8E42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#918E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 149, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.101 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb47e',
    500: '#8a9549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9549;
$custom-light: #aeb47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.684,
    "s": 34.234,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64389,
    "c": 0.10146,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9549

secondary

#8C85B4

accent

#5DCA6D

background

#FAFBF7

surface

#F4F6EE

border

#CED0C9

text

#10110A

muted

#7F807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9549

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

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