#8A9742#8A9742

#8A9742 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.111 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9742
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 66)
HSL	hsl(69, 39%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(69, 56%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 56.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.83, -17.39, 42.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.83, 45.90, 112.26°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% -0.0502 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.111 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.5316, 27.9301, 9.3573)
Luminance	0.2793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9742 #4F4297

analogous

#977942 #8A9742 #609742

triadic

#8A9742 #428A97 #97428A

tetradic

#8A9742 #429779 #4F4297 #974260

square

#8A9742 #429779 #4F4297 #974260

split-complementary

#8A9742 #426097 #794297

monochromatic

#3C421D #636C2F #8A9742 #ABB85E #C1CB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#8A9742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#8A9742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9742

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9742	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.111 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb579',
    500: '#8a9742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9742;
$custom-light: #aeb579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.176,
    "s": 39.171,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64765,
    "c": 0.11115,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9742

secondary

#877FB6

accent

#59CF6B

background

#FAFBF7

surface

#F5F6EE

border

#CFD0C9

text

#101109

muted

#7F807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9742

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

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