#8A9637#8A9637

#8A9637 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.120 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9637
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 55)
HSL	hsl(68, 46%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(68, 63%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 63.3%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, -17.76, 47.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 50.37, 110.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% -0.0524 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.12 116)
XYZ	xyz(22.0776, 27.4921, 7.7572)
Luminance	0.2749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9637 #433796

analogous

#967237 #8A9637 #5A9637

triadic

#8A9637 #378A96 #96378A

tetradic

#8A9637 #379672 #433796 #96375A

square

#8A9637 #379672 #433796 #96375A

split-complementary

#8A9637 #375A96 #723796

monochromatic

#383C16 #616927 #8A9637 #AFBE4D #C3CE79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#8A9637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#8A9637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9637

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9637	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.120 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb472',
    500: '#8a9637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9637;
$custom-light: #afb472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.579,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64411,
    "c": 0.11978,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.27492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9637

secondary

#7B72B7

accent

#52D663

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9637

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

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