#8A9722#8A9722

#8A9722 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.135 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9722
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 34)
HSL	hsl(67, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(67, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 77.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, -19.51, 55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 58.81, 109.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% -0.0593 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.135 116)
XYZ	xyz(21.8372, 27.6523, 5.7001)
Luminance	0.2765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9722 #2F2297

analogous

#976A22 #8A9722 #509722

triadic

#8A9722 #228A97 #97228A

tetradic

#8A9722 #22976A #2F2297 #972250

square

#8A9722 #22976A #2F2297 #972250

split-complementary

#8A9722 #225097 #6A2297

monochromatic

#2F330C #5C6517 #8A9722 #B8C92D #CCDA5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#8A9722 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#8A9722 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9722

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9722	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9722	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)

#A28F03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9722;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.135 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb567',
    500: '#8a9722',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9722;
$custom-light: #afb567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9722",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64482,
    "c": 0.13548,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.27652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9722

secondary

#6257BE

accent

#42E654

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9722

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

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