#8A9737#8A9737

#8A9737 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.121 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9737
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 55)
HSL	hsl(68, 47%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(68, 64%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 63.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, -18.28, 47.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 50.85, 111.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.65% -0.0539 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(64.65% 0.121 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2379, 27.8126, 7.8106)
Luminance	0.2781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9737 #443797

analogous

#977437 #8A9737 #5A9737

triadic

#8A9737 #378A97 #97378A

tetradic

#8A9737 #379774 #443797 #97375A

square

#8A9737 #379774 #443797 #97375A

split-complementary

#8A9737 #375A97 #743797

monochromatic

#383D16 #616A27 #8A9737 #AFBE4D #C3CF7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#8A9737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#8A9737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9737

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9737	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)

#A18F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0913D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.121 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb572',
    500: '#8a9737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9737;
$custom-light: #afb572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.125,
    "s": 46.602,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64645,
    "c": 0.12101,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9737

secondary

#7C72B8

accent

#52D664

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9737

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

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