#8A9639#8A9639

#8A9639 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.118 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9639
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 57)
HSL	hsl(68, 45%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(68, 62%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 62%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, -17.61, 46.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 49.50, 110.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.43% -0.0518 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(64.43% 0.118 116)
XYZ	xyz(22.1265, 27.5117, 8.0148)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9639 #453996

analogous

#967339 #8A9639 #5B9639

triadic

#8A9639 #398A96 #96398A

tetradic

#8A9639 #399673 #453996 #96395B

square

#8A9639 #399673 #453996 #96395B

split-complementary

#8A9639 #395B96 #733996

monochromatic

#383D17 #616A28 #8A9639 #AEBC50 #C3CD7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#8A9639 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#8A9639 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9639

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9639	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9639	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)

#A08F2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9639;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.118 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb474',
    500: '#8a9639',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9639;
$custom-light: #aeb474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9639",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.742,
    "s": 44.928,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64431,
    "c": 0.11808,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.27511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9639

secondary

#7D74B7

accent

#53D564

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9639

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

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