#8A9839#8A9839

#8A9839 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.121 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9839
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 57)
HSL	hsl(69, 45%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(69, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 62.5%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.03, -18.64, 46.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.03, 50.46, 111.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.9% -0.0547 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(64.9% 0.121 117)
XYZ	xyz(22.4484, 28.1554, 8.1221)
Luminance	0.2816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9839 #473998

analogous

#987639 #8A9839 #5A9839

triadic

#8A9839 #398A98 #98398A

tetradic

#8A9839 #399876 #473998 #98395A

square

#8A9839 #399876 #473998 #98395A

split-complementary

#8A9839 #395A98 #763998

monochromatic

#393F18 #626B28 #8A9839 #AEBE51 #C2CE7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#8A9839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#8A9839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9839

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9839	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)

#A2902E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.121 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb674',
    500: '#8a9839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9839;
$custom-light: #aeb674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.842,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.649,
    "c": 0.12058,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.28155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9839

secondary

#7F75B8

accent

#53D566

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9839

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

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