#8A962C#8A962C

#8A962C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.128 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A962C
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 44)
HSL	hsl(67, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(67, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 70.7%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.34, -18.48, 51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.34, 54.86, 109.69°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% -0.0556 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.128 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8427, 27.3981, 6.5201)
Luminance	0.2740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A962C #382C96

analogous

#966D2C #8A962C #55962C

triadic

#8A962C #2C8A96 #962C8A

tetradic

#8A962C #2C966D #382C96 #962C55

square

#8A962C #2C966D #382C96 #962C55

split-complementary

#8A962C #2C5596 #6D2C96

monochromatic

#333710 #5E671E #8A962C #B5C53A #C7D369

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#8A962C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#8A962C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A962C

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A962C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A962C	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)

#A18E1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a962c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.128 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb46c',
    500: '#8a962c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a962c;
$custom-light: #afb46c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a962c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.792,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64315,
    "c": 0.12817,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A962C

secondary

#6E64BA

accent

#4ADE5B

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A962C

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

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