#8A9729#8A9729

#8A9729 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.131 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9729
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 41)
HSL	hsl(67, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(67, 73%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 72.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, -19.17, 53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 56.42, 109.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% -0.0578 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.131 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.9486, 27.6969, 6.2872)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9729 #362997

analogous

#976D29 #8A9729 #539729

triadic

#8A9729 #298A97 #97298A

tetradic

#8A9729 #29976D #362997 #972953

square

#8A9729 #29976D #362997 #972953

split-complementary

#8A9729 #295397 #6D2997

monochromatic

#32370F #5E671C #8A9729 #B6C736 #C8D565

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#8A9729 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#8A9729 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9729

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9729	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9729	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9729;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.131 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb56b',
    500: '#8a9729',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9729;
$custom-light: #afb56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9729",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.091,
    "s": 57.292,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64527,
    "c": 0.13134,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9729

secondary

#6B61BB

accent

#47E159

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9729

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

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