#8A9822#8A9822

#8A9822 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.137 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9822
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 34)
HSL	hsl(67, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(67, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 77.6%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, -20.02, 55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 59.24, 109.75°)
OKLab	oklab(64.72% -0.0608 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(64.72% 0.137 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9988, 27.9756, 5.7540)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9822 #302298

analogous

#986B22 #8A9822 #4F9822

triadic

#8A9822 #228A98 #98228A

tetradic

#8A9822 #22986B #302298 #98224F

square

#8A9822 #22986B #302298 #98224F

split-complementary

#8A9822 #224F98 #6B2298

monochromatic

#2F340C #5D6617 #8A9822 #B7CA2D #CBDA5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#8A9822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#8A9822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9822

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9822	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39002

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.137 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b667',
    500: '#8a9822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9822;
$custom-light: #b0b667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.119,
    "s": 63.441,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64718,
    "c": 0.13662,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9822

secondary

#6457BE

accent

#41E655

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9822

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

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