#8A9922#8A9922

#8A9922 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.138 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9922
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 34)
HSL	hsl(68, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(68, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 77.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.16, -20.53, 56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.16, 59.67, 110.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.95% -0.0622 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(64.95% 0.138 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.1618, 28.3015, 5.8083)
Luminance	0.2830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9922 #312299

analogous

#996D22 #8A9922 #4F9922

triadic

#8A9922 #228A99 #99228A

tetradic

#8A9922 #22996D #312299 #99224F

square

#8A9922 #22996D #312299 #99224F

split-complementary

#8A9922 #224F99 #6D2299

monochromatic

#30350C #5D6717 #8A9922 #B7CB2D #CADB5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#8A9922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#8A9922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9922

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9922	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49102

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.138 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b668',
    500: '#8a9922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9922;
$custom-light: #b0b668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.563,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64953,
    "c": 0.13777,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9922

secondary

#6558BF

accent

#41E756

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9922

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

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