#8A9623#8A9623

#8A9623 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.134 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9623
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 35)
HSL	hsl(66, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(66, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 76.7%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, -18.95, 54.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 58.06, 109.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.25% -0.0577 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(64.25% 0.134 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6916, 27.3377, 5.7238)
Luminance	0.2734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9623 #2F2396

analogous

#966923 #8A9623 #519623

triadic

#8A9623 #238A96 #96238A

tetradic

#8A9623 #239669 #2F2396 #962351

square

#8A9623 #239669 #2F2396 #962351

split-complementary

#8A9623 #235196 #692396

monochromatic

#2F330C #5C6417 #8A9623 #B8C82F #CCD95B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#8A9623 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#8A9623 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9623

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9623	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9623	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)

#A18E07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9623;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.134 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb468',
    500: '#8a9623',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9623;
$custom-light: #afb468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9623",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.261,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64253,
    "c": 0.1338,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9623

secondary

#6258BD

accent

#43E554

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9623

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

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