#8A9735#8A9735

#8A9735 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.123 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9735
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 53)
HSL	hsl(68, 48%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(68, 65%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 64.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, -18.42, 48.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 51.70, 110.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% -0.0545 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.123 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.1909, 27.7938, 7.5632)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9735 #423597

analogous

#977335 #8A9735 #599735

triadic

#8A9735 #358A97 #97358A

tetradic

#8A9735 #359773 #423597 #973559

square

#8A9735 #359773 #423597 #973559

split-complementary

#8A9735 #355997 #733597

monochromatic

#373C15 #616A25 #8A9735 #B0BF4A #C4CF77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#8A9735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#8A9735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9735

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9735	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)

#A18F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0903C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.123 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb571',
    500: '#8a9735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9735;
$custom-light: #afb571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.959,
    "s": 48.039,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64626,
    "c": 0.12265,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9735

secondary

#7970B8

accent

#50D862

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9735

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

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