#8A9638#8A9638

#8A9638 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.119 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9638
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 56)
HSL	hsl(68, 46%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(68, 63%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 62.7%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, -17.69, 46.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 49.94, 110.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% -0.0521 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.119 116)
XYZ	xyz(22.1018, 27.5018, 7.8847)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9638 #443896

analogous

#967338 #8A9638 #5B9638

triadic

#8A9638 #388A96 #96388A

tetradic

#8A9638 #389673 #443896 #96385B

square

#8A9638 #389673 #443896 #96385B

split-complementary

#8A9638 #385B96 #733896

monochromatic

#383D17 #616927 #8A9638 #AFBD4E #C3CE7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#8A9638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#8A9638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9638

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9638	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)

#A08F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.119 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb473',
    500: '#8a9638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9638;
$custom-light: #aeb473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.66,
    "s": 45.631,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64421,
    "c": 0.11893,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.27501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9638

secondary

#7C73B7

accent

#52D563

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9638

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

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