#8A9739#8A9739

#8A9739 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.119 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9739
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 57)
HSL	hsl(68, 45%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(68, 62%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 62.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.74, -18.13, 46.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.74, 49.98, 111.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64.66% -0.0532 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(64.66% 0.119 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2868, 27.8322, 8.0682)
Luminance	0.2783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9739 #463997

analogous

#977539 #8A9739 #5B9739

triadic

#8A9739 #398A97 #97398A

tetradic

#8A9739 #399775 #463997 #97395B

square

#8A9739 #399775 #463997 #97395B

split-complementary

#8A9739 #395B97 #753997

monochromatic

#393E17 #616B28 #8A9739 #AEBD50 #C3CE7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#8A9739 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#8A9739 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9739

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9739	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9739	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0913F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9739;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.119 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb574',
    500: '#8a9739',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9739;
$custom-light: #aeb574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9739",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.298,
    "s": 45.192,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64665,
    "c": 0.11933,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9739

secondary

#7E75B7

accent

#53D565

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9739

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

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