#8A963B#8A963B

#8A963B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.116 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A963B
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 59)
HSL	hsl(68, 44%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(68, 61%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 60.7%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, -17.46, 45.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 48.61, 111.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.45% -0.0511 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(64.45% 0.116 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1774, 27.5320, 8.2827)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A963B #473B96

analogous

#96743B #8A963B #5C963B

triadic

#8A963B #3B8A96 #963B8A

tetradic

#8A963B #3B9674 #473B96 #963B5C

square

#8A963B #3B9674 #473B96 #963B5C

split-complementary

#8A963B #3B5C96 #743B96

monochromatic

#393E18 #626A2A #8A963B #AEBB53 #C2CD7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#8A963B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#8A963B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A963B

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A963B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A963B	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a963b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.116 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb475',
    500: '#8a963b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a963b;
$custom-light: #aeb475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a963b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.912,
    "s": 43.541,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64452,
    "c": 0.11634,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A963B

secondary

#7F77B6

accent

#55D365

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A963B

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

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