#8A9738#8A9738

#8A9738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.120 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9738
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 56)
HSL	hsl(68, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(68, 63%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 62.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.73, -18.20, 47.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.73, 50.42, 111.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64.66% -0.0536 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(64.66% 0.12 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2621, 27.8223, 7.9381)
Luminance	0.2782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9738 #453897

analogous

#977538 #8A9738 #5A9738

triadic

#8A9738 #388A97 #97388A

tetradic

#8A9738 #389775 #453897 #97385A

square

#8A9738 #389775 #453897 #97385A

split-complementary

#8A9738 #385A97 #753897

monochromatic

#383E17 #616A27 #8A9738 #AEBE4F #C3CE7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#8A9738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#8A9738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9738

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9738	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)

#A18F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0913E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.120 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb573',
    500: '#8a9738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9738;
$custom-light: #aeb573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.211,
    "s": 45.894,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64655,
    "c": 0.12018,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9738

secondary

#7D73B7

accent

#52D664

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9738

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

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