#8A993A#8A993A

#8A993A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.121 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A993A
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 58)
HSL	hsl(69, 45%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(69, 62%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 62.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.33, -19.08, 46.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.33, 50.51, 112.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% -0.0558 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.121 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6366, 28.4915, 8.3091)
Luminance	0.2849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A993A #493A99

analogous

#99793A #8A993A #5B993A

triadic

#8A993A #3A8A99 #993A8A

tetradic

#8A993A #3A9979 #493A99 #993A5B

square

#8A993A #3A9979 #493A99 #993A5B

split-complementary

#8A993A #3A5B99 #793A99

monochromatic

#3A4018 #626D29 #8A993A #ADBE53 #C2CE7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#8A993A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#8A993A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A993A

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A993A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A993A	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3912F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a993a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.121 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb774',
    500: '#8a993a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a993a;
$custom-light: #aeb774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a993a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.474,
    "s": 45.024,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65144,
    "c": 0.12098,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A993A

secondary

#8177B8

accent

#53D568

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A993A

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

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