#8A9723#8A9723

#8A9723 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	#8A9723
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 35)
HSL	hsl(67, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(67, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 76.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, -19.47, 55.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 58.49, 109.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.49% -0.0591 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(64.49% 0.135 116)
XYZ	xyz(21.8518, 27.6582, 5.7772)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9723 #302397

analogous

#976A23 #8A9723 #509723

triadic

#8A9723 #238A97 #97238A

tetradic

#8A9723 #23976A #302397 #972350

square

#8A9723 #23976A #302397 #972350

split-complementary

#8A9723 #235097 #6A2397

monochromatic

#2F340C #5D6517 #8A9723 #B7C92F #CBD95B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#8A9723 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#8A9723 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9723

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9723	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9723	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)

#A28F06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9723;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.135 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb568',
    500: '#8a9723',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9723;
$custom-light: #afb568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9723",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.724,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64488,
    "c": 0.13493,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.27658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9723

secondary

#6458BE

accent

#42E555

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9723

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

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