#8A9720#8A9720

#8A9720 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.137 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9720
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 32)
HSL	hsl(67, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(67, 79%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 78.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, -19.60, 56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 59.44, 109.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% -0.0598 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.137 116)
XYZ	xyz(21.8092, 27.6411, 5.5526)
Luminance	0.2764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9720 #2D2097

analogous

#976820 #8A9720 #4E9720

triadic

#8A9720 #208A97 #97208A

tetradic

#8A9720 #209768 #2D2097 #97204E

square

#8A9720 #209768 #2D2097 #97204E

split-complementary

#8A9720 #204E97 #682097

monochromatic

#2E320B #5C6415 #8A9720 #B8C92B #CDDB56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#8A9720 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#8A9720 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9720

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9720	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9720	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9720;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.137 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b566',
    500: '#8a9720',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9720;
$custom-light: #b0b566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9720",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.555,
    "s": 65.027,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6447,
    "c": 0.13655,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.27641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9720

secondary

#6054BF

accent

#40E852

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9720

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

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