#8A9731#8A9731

#8A9731 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.126 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9731
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 49)
HSL	hsl(68, 51%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(68, 68%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 67.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, -18.69, 49.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 53.35, 110.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% -0.0557 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.126 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.1027, 27.7585, 7.0987)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9731 #3E3197

analogous

#977131 #8A9731 #579731

triadic

#8A9731 #318A97 #97318A

tetradic

#8A9731 #319771 #3E3197 #973157

square

#8A9731 #319771 #3E3197 #973157

split-complementary

#8A9731 #315797 #713197

monochromatic

#363B13 #606922 #8A9731 #B2C243 #C5D171

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#8A9731 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#8A9731 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9731

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9731	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9731	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9731;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.126 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb56f',
    500: '#8a9731',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9731;
$custom-light: #afb56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9731",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.647,
    "s": 51,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6459,
    "c": 0.12576,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9731

secondary

#756BB9

accent

#4DDA5F

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9731

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

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