#8A9938#8A9938

#8A9938 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	#8A9938
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 56)
HSL	hsl(69, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(69, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 63.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.31, -19.23, 47.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.31, 51.38, 111.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% -0.0564 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.123 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5867, 28.4715, 8.0463)
Luminance	0.2847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9938 #473899

analogous

#997738 #8A9938 #599938

triadic

#8A9938 #388A99 #99388A

tetradic

#8A9938 #389977 #473899 #993859

square

#8A9938 #389977 #473899 #993859

split-complementary

#8A9938 #385999 #773899

monochromatic

#393F17 #626C28 #8A9938 #AEBF4F #C2CF7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#8A9938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#8A9938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9938

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9938	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)

#A3912C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1923F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.123 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb773',
    500: '#8a9938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9938;
$custom-light: #afb773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.278,
    "s": 46.411,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65124,
    "c": 0.12267,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9938

secondary

#7F74B8

accent

#52D666

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9938

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

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