#8A9840#8A9840

#8A9840 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.114 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9840
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 64)
HSL	hsl(70, 41%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(70, 58%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 57.9%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.10, -18.08, 43.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.10, 47.33, 112.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% -0.0524 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.114 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.6352, 28.2301, 9.1060)
Luminance	0.2823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9840 #4E4098

analogous

#987A40 #8A9840 #5E9840

triadic

#8A9840 #408A98 #98408A

tetradic

#8A9840 #40987A #4E4098 #98405E

square

#8A9840 #40987A #4E4098 #98405E

split-complementary

#8A9840 #405E98 #7A4098

monochromatic

#3C421C #636D2E #8A9840 #ABBA5B #C1CC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#8A9840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#8A9840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9840

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9840	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.114 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb678',
    500: '#8a9840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9840;
$custom-light: #aeb678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.545,
    "s": 40.741,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64975,
    "c": 0.11434,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9840

secondary

#867DB7

accent

#57D16B

background

#FAFBF7

surface

#F5F6ED

border

#CFD0C8

text

#111109

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9840

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

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