#8A9741#8A9741

#8A9741 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.112 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9741
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 65)
HSL	hsl(69, 40%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(69, 57%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 57%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.81, -17.47, 42.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.81, 46.36, 112.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.75% -0.0506 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(64.75% 0.112 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.5023, 27.9184, 9.2034)
Luminance	0.2792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9741 #4E4197

analogous

#977941 #8A9741 #5F9741

triadic

#8A9741 #418A97 #97418A

tetradic

#8A9741 #419779 #4E4197 #97415F

square

#8A9741 #419779 #4E4197 #97415F

split-complementary

#8A9741 #415F97 #794197

monochromatic

#3C411C #636C2F #8A9741 #ABB95C #C1CB87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#8A9741 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#8A9741 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9741

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9741	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9741	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)

#A09038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9741;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.112 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb579',
    500: '#8a9741',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9741;
$custom-light: #aeb579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9741",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.07,
    "s": 39.815,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64753,
    "c": 0.1121,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9741

secondary

#867EB6

accent

#58D06A

background

#FAFBF7

surface

#F5F6ED

border

#CFD0C8

text

#101109

muted

#7F807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9741

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

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