#8A9843#8A9843

#8A9843 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.111 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9843
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 67)
HSL	hsl(70, 39%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(70, 56%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 55.9%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.13, -17.81, 42.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.13, 45.93, 112.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% -0.0513 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.111 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7229, 28.2652, 9.5678)
Luminance	0.2827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9843 #514398

analogous

#987B43 #8A9843 #609843

triadic

#8A9843 #438A98 #98438A

tetradic

#8A9843 #43987B #514398 #984360

square

#8A9843 #43987B #514398 #984360

split-complementary

#8A9843 #436098 #7B4398

monochromatic

#3D431E #636E30 #8A9843 #AAB960 #C1CB8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#8A9843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#8A9843 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9843

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9843	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)

#A1913A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#919085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.111 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb67a',
    500: '#8a9843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9843;
$custom-light: #aeb67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.882,
    "s": 38.813,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65011,
    "c": 0.11148,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9843

secondary

#8980B6

accent

#59CF6C

background

#FAFBF7

surface

#F5F6EE

border

#CFD0C9

text

#101109

muted

#7F807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9843

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

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