#8A962B#8A962B

#8A962B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.129 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A962B
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 43)
HSL	hsl(67, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(67, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 71.3%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.33, -18.54, 52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.33, 55.24, 109.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.31% -0.0558 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(64.31% 0.129 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8242, 27.3907, 6.4223)
Luminance	0.2739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A962B #372B96

analogous

#966C2B #8A962B #54962B

triadic

#8A962B #2B8A96 #962B8A

tetradic

#8A962B #2B966C #372B96 #962B54

square

#8A962B #2B966C #372B96 #962B54

split-complementary

#8A962B #2B5496 #6C2B96

monochromatic

#323710 #5E661D #8A962B #B6C639 #C8D468

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#8A962B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#8A962B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A962B

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A962B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A962B	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)

#A18E19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a962b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.129 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb46c',
    500: '#8a962b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a962b;
$custom-light: #afb46c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a962b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.729,
    "s": 55.44,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64307,
    "c": 0.12885,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A962B

secondary

#6D63BA

accent

#49DF5A

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A962B

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

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