#8A9831#8A9831

#8A9831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.127 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9831
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 49)
HSL	hsl(68, 51%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(68, 68%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 67.8%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, -19.21, 50.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 53.82, 110.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.83% -0.0571 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(64.83% 0.127 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2643, 28.0818, 7.1526)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9831 #3F3198

analogous

#987331 #8A9831 #579831

triadic

#8A9831 #318A98 #98318A

tetradic

#8A9831 #319873 #3F3198 #983157

square

#8A9831 #319873 #3F3198 #983157

split-complementary

#8A9831 #315798 #733198

monochromatic

#363B13 #606A22 #8A9831 #B1C344 #C5D272

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#8A9831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#8A9831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9831

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9831	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.127 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb66f',
    500: '#8a9831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9831;
$custom-light: #afb66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.155,
    "s": 51.244,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64825,
    "c": 0.12696,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9831

secondary

#766BB9

accent

#4DDB60

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9831

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

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