#8A9823#8A9823

#8A9823 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.136 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9823
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 35)
HSL	hsl(67, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(67, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 77%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, -19.98, 55.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 58.92, 109.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.72% -0.0605 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(64.72% 0.136 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.0134, 27.9814, 5.8311)
Luminance	0.2798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9823 #312398

analogous

#986C23 #8A9823 #509823

triadic

#8A9823 #238A98 #98238A

tetradic

#8A9823 #23986C #312398 #982350

square

#8A9823 #23986C #312398 #982350

split-complementary

#8A9823 #235098 #6C2398

monochromatic

#30350C #5D6618 #8A9823 #B7CA2E #CAD95C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#8A9823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#8A9823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9823

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9823	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)

#A39005

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.136 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb668',
    500: '#8a9823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9823;
$custom-light: #afb668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.179,
    "s": 62.567,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64723,
    "c": 0.13607,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9823

secondary

#6559BE

accent

#42E656

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9823

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

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