#8A9937#8A9937

#8A9937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.123 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9937
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(69, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(69, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 64.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.30, -19.31, 48.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.30, 51.81, 111.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% -0.0567 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.123 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5625, 28.4618, 7.9188)
Luminance	0.2846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9937 #463799

analogous

#997737 #8A9937 #599937

triadic

#8A9937 #378A99 #99378A

tetradic

#8A9937 #379977 #463799 #993759

square

#8A9937 #379977 #463799 #993759

split-complementary

#8A9937 #375999 #773799

monochromatic

#393F17 #616C27 #8A9937 #AEBF4E #C3D07B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#8A9937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#8A9937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9937

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9937	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)

#A3912B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1923E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.123 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb773',
    500: '#8a9937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9937;
$custom-light: #afb773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.184,
    "s": 47.115,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65115,
    "c": 0.12349,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9937

secondary

#7E73B9

accent

#51D766

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9937

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

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