#8A962D#8A962D

#8A962D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.127 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A962D
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 45)
HSL	hsl(67, 54%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(67, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 70%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.35, -18.43, 51.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.35, 54.48, 109.77°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% -0.0553 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.127 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8618, 27.4058, 6.6203)
Luminance	0.2741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A962D #392D96

analogous

#966D2D #8A962D #55962D

triadic

#8A962D #2D8A96 #962D8A

tetradic

#8A962D #2D966D #392D96 #962D55

square

#8A962D #2D966D #392D96 #962D55

split-complementary

#8A962D #2D5596 #6D2D96

monochromatic

#333811 #5F671F #8A962D #B5C43C #C7D36B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#8A962D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#8A962D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A962D

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A962D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A962D	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)

#A18E1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a962d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.127 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb46d',
    500: '#8a962d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a962d;
$custom-light: #afb46d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a962d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.857,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64323,
    "c": 0.12747,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A962D

secondary

#6F65B9

accent

#4BDD5B

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A962D

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

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