#8A9935#8A9935

#8A9935 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.125 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9935
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 53)
HSL	hsl(69, 49%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(69, 65%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 65.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.29, -19.45, 48.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.29, 52.65, 111.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.1% -0.0574 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(65.1% 0.125 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.5155, 28.4430, 7.6714)
Luminance	0.2844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9935 #443599

analogous

#997635 #8A9935 #589935

triadic

#8A9935 #358A99 #99358A

tetradic

#8A9935 #359976 #443599 #993558

square

#8A9935 #359976 #443599 #993558

split-complementary

#8A9935 #355899 #763599

monochromatic

#383E16 #616C25 #8A9935 #AFC14B #C3D078

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#8A9935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#8A9935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9935

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9935	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)

#A39128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.125 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb771',
    500: '#8a9935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9935;
$custom-light: #afb771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69,
    "s": 48.544,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65096,
    "c": 0.1251,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9935

secondary

#7C71B9

accent

#50D864

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9935

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

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