#8A9837#8A9837

#8A9837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.122 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9837
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 55)
HSL	hsl(69, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(69, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 63.8%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.01, -18.79, 47.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.01, 51.33, 111.48°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% -0.0553 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.122 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.3995, 28.1358, 7.8644)
Luminance	0.2814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9837 #453798

analogous

#987537 #8A9837 #599837

triadic

#8A9837 #378A98 #98378A

tetradic

#8A9837 #379875 #453798 #983759

square

#8A9837 #379875 #453798 #983759

split-complementary

#8A9837 #375998 #753798

monochromatic

#383E16 #616B27 #8A9837 #AEBF4D #C3CF7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#8A9837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#8A9837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9837

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9837	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)

#A2902B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.122 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb673',
    500: '#8a9837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9837;
$custom-light: #afb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.66,
    "s": 46.86,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6488,
    "c": 0.12225,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9837

secondary

#7D73B8

accent

#51D665

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9837

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

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