#8A962F#8A962F

#8A962F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.126 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A962F
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 47)
HSL	hsl(67, 52%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(67, 69%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 68.7%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, -18.30, 50.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 53.69, 109.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.34% -0.0548 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(64.34% 0.126 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.9012, 27.4215, 6.8279)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A962F #3B2F96

analogous

#966E2F #8A962F #56962F

triadic

#8A962F #2F8A96 #962F8A

tetradic

#8A962F #2F966E #3B2F96 #962F56

square

#8A962F #2F966E #3B2F96 #962F56

split-complementary

#8A962F #2F5696 #6E2F96

monochromatic

#343912 #5F6720 #8A962F #B4C33F #C6D26E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#8A962F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#8A962F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A962F

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A962F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A962F	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)

#A08E20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a962f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.126 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb46e',
    500: '#8a962f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a962f;
$custom-light: #afb46e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a962f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.99,
    "s": 52.284,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64339,
    "c": 0.12604,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A962F

secondary

#7168B9

accent

#4CDC5D

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A962F

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

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