#8A962E#8A962E

#8A962E 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	#8A962E
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 46)
HSL	hsl(67, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(67, 69%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 69.3%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, -18.36, 50.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 54.09, 109.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% -0.055 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.127 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8813, 27.4135, 6.7229)
Luminance	0.2741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A962E #3A2E96

analogous

#966E2E #8A962E #56962E

triadic

#8A962E #2E8A96 #962E8A

tetradic

#8A962E #2E966E #3A2E96 #962E56

square

#8A962E #2E966E #3A2E96 #962E56

split-complementary

#8A962E #2E5696 #6E2E96

monochromatic

#343811 #5F6720 #8A962E #B4C43E #C6D26C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#8A962E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#8A962E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A962E

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A962E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A962E	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)

#A18E1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a962e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.127 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb46d',
    500: '#8a962e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a962e;
$custom-light: #afb46d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a962e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.923,
    "s": 53.061,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64331,
    "c": 0.12676,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A962E

secondary

#7067B9

accent

#4BDC5C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A962E

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

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