#8A9923#8A9923

#8A9923 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.137 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9923
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 35)
HSL	hsl(68, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(68, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 77.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.17, -20.49, 55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.17, 59.35, 110.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% -0.062 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.137 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.1764, 28.3074, 5.8854)
Luminance	0.2831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9923 #322399

analogous

#996D23 #8A9923 #4F9923

triadic

#8A9923 #238A99 #99238A

tetradic

#8A9923 #23996D #322399 #99234F

square

#8A9923 #23996D #322399 #99234F

split-complementary

#8A9923 #234F99 #6D2399

monochromatic

#30350C #5D6718 #8A9923 #B7CB2E #CADA5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#8A9923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#8A9923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9923

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9923	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)

#A49105

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2922E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.137 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb768',
    500: '#8a9923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9923;
$custom-light: #afb768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.627,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64959,
    "c": 0.13722,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9923

secondary

#6659BE

accent

#42E657

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9923

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

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