#8A9736#8A9736

#8A9736 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.122 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9736
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 54)
HSL	hsl(68, 47%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(68, 64%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 64.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.71, -18.35, 47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.71, 51.28, 110.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% -0.0542 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.122 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2142, 27.8031, 7.6856)
Luminance	0.2780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9736 #433697

analogous

#977336 #8A9736 #5A9736

triadic

#8A9736 #368A97 #97368A

tetradic

#8A9736 #369773 #433697 #97365A

square

#8A9736 #369773 #433697 #97365A

split-complementary

#8A9736 #365A97 #733697

monochromatic

#383D16 #616A26 #8A9736 #AFBF4B #C3CF78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#8A9736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#8A9736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9736

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9736	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)

#A18F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0913D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.122 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb572',
    500: '#8a9736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9736;
$custom-light: #afb572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.041,
    "s": 47.317,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64636,
    "c": 0.12183,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9736

secondary

#7B71B8

accent

#51D763

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9736

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

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