#8A9933#8A9933

#8A9933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.127 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9933
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 51)
HSL	hsl(69, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(69, 67%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 66.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.27, -19.59, 49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.27, 53.47, 111.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% -0.0579 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.127 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4705, 28.4250, 7.4342)
Luminance	0.2843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9933 #423399

analogous

#997533 #8A9933 #579933

triadic

#8A9933 #338A99 #99338A

tetradic

#8A9933 #339975 #423399 #993357

square

#8A9933 #339975 #423399 #993357

split-complementary

#8A9933 #335799 #753399

monochromatic

#373D14 #616B24 #8A9933 #B0C247 #C4D175

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#8A9933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#8A9933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9933

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9933	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.127 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb770',
    500: '#8a9933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9933;
$custom-light: #afb770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.824,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65078,
    "c": 0.12666,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9933

secondary

#796EB9

accent

#4EDA63

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9933

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

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