#8A9640#8A9640

#8A9640 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.112 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9640
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 64)
HSL	hsl(68, 40%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(68, 57%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 57.3%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, -17.04, 43.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 46.33, 111.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% -0.0494 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.112 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3134, 27.5864, 8.9987)
Luminance	0.2759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9640 #4C4096

analogous

#967740 #8A9640 #5F9640

triadic

#8A9640 #408A96 #96408A

tetradic

#8A9640 #409677 #4C4096 #96405F

square

#8A9640 #409677 #4C4096 #96405F

split-complementary

#8A9640 #405F96 #774096

monochromatic

#3B401B #636B2E #8A9640 #ACB95A #C1CB85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#8A9640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#8A9640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9640

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9640	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.112 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb478',
    500: '#8a9640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9640;
$custom-light: #aeb478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.372,
    "s": 40.187,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64508,
    "c": 0.11176,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9640

secondary

#847CB6

accent

#58D069

background

#FAFBF7

surface

#F5F6ED

border

#CFD0C8

text

#111109

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9640

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

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