#8A9740#8A9740

#8A9740 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.113 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9740
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 64)
HSL	hsl(69, 40%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(69, 58%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 57.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.80, -17.56, 43.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.80, 46.83, 112.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.74% -0.0509 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(64.74% 0.113 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4736, 27.9069, 9.0522)
Luminance	0.2791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9740 #4D4097

analogous

#977940 #8A9740 #5E9740

triadic

#8A9740 #408A97 #97408A

tetradic

#8A9740 #409779 #4D4097 #97405E

square

#8A9740 #409779 #4D4097 #97405E

split-complementary

#8A9740 #405E97 #794097

monochromatic

#3B411C #636C2E #8A9740 #ABB95B #C1CC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#8A9740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#8A9740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9740

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9740	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.113 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb578',
    500: '#8a9740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9740;
$custom-light: #aeb578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.966,
    "s": 40.465,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64741,
    "c": 0.11304,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9740

secondary

#857DB6

accent

#57D06A

background

#FAFBF7

surface

#F5F6ED

border

#CFD0C8

text

#111109

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9740

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

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