#8A9620#8A9620

#8A9620 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.135 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9620
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 32)
HSL	hsl(66, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(66, 79%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 78.7%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, -19.09, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 59.02, 108.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% -0.0583 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.135 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6489, 27.3206, 5.4992)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9620 #2C2096

analogous

#966720 #8A9620 #4F9620

triadic

#8A9620 #208A96 #96208A

tetradic

#8A9620 #209667 #2C2096 #96204F

square

#8A9620 #209667 #2C2096 #96204F

split-complementary

#8A9620 #204F96 #672096

monochromatic

#2D310A #5C6415 #8A9620 #B8C82B #CDDB56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#8A9620 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#8A9620 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9620

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9620	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9620	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)

#A18E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9620;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.135 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b466',
    500: '#8a9620',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9620;
$custom-light: #b0b466;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9620",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.102,
    "s": 64.835,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64235,
    "c": 0.13542,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9620

secondary

#5E53BE

accent

#40E851

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9620

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

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