#8A9836#8A9836

#8A9836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.123 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9836
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 54)
HSL	hsl(69, 48%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(69, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 64.5%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.00, -18.86, 48.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.00, 51.75, 111.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.87% -0.0556 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(64.87% 0.123 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.3758, 28.1263, 7.7395)
Luminance	0.2813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9836 #443698

analogous

#987536 #8A9836 #599836

triadic

#8A9836 #368A98 #98368A

tetradic

#8A9836 #369875 #443698 #983659

square

#8A9836 #369875 #443698 #983659

split-complementary

#8A9836 #365998 #753698

monochromatic

#383E16 #616B26 #8A9836 #AFBF4C #C3CF79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#8A9836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#8A9836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9836

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9836	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2902A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.123 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb672',
    500: '#8a9836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9836;
$custom-light: #afb672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 47.573,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6487,
    "c": 0.12307,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9836

secondary

#7C72B8

accent

#51D764

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9836

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

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