#8A9842#8A9842

#8A9842 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.112 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9842
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 66)
HSL	hsl(70, 39%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(70, 57%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 56.6%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.12, -17.90, 42.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.12, 46.40, 112.70°)
OKLab	oklab(65% -0.0517 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.112 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6932, 28.2533, 9.4112)
Luminance	0.2825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9842 #504298

analogous

#987B42 #8A9842 #5F9842

triadic

#8A9842 #428A98 #98428A

tetradic

#8A9842 #42987B #504298 #98425F

square

#8A9842 #42987B #504298 #98425F

split-complementary

#8A9842 #425F98 #7B4298

monochromatic

#3D431D #636D2F #8A9842 #AAB95E #C1CC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#8A9842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#8A9842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9842

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9842	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)

#A19139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#919085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.112 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb679',
    500: '#8a9842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9842;
$custom-light: #aeb679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.767,
    "s": 39.45,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64999,
    "c": 0.11244,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9842

secondary

#887FB7

accent

#58CF6C

background

#FAFBF7

surface

#F5F6EE

border

#CFD0C9

text

#101109

muted

#7F807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9842

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

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