#8A9733#8A9733

#8A9733 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.124 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9733
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 51)
HSL	hsl(68, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(68, 66%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 66.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, -18.56, 49.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 52.53, 110.69°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% -0.0551 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.124 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.1459, 27.7758, 7.3260)
Luminance	0.2778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9733 #403397

analogous

#977233 #8A9733 #589733

triadic

#8A9733 #338A97 #97338A

tetradic

#8A9733 #339772 #403397 #973358

square

#8A9733 #339772 #403397 #973358

split-complementary

#8A9733 #335897 #723397

monochromatic

#363C14 #606924 #8A9733 #B1C147 #C4D074

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#8A9733 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#8A9733 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9733

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9733	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9733	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0903A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9733;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.124 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb570',
    500: '#8a9733',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9733;
$custom-light: #afb570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9733",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.8,
    "s": 49.505,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64608,
    "c": 0.12423,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9733

secondary

#776DB8

accent

#4FD961

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9733

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

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