#8A993B#8A993B

#8A993B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.120 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A993B
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 59)
HSL	hsl(70, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(70, 61%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 61.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.34, -19.00, 46.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.34, 50.08, 112.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% -0.0555 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.12 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6623, 28.5017, 8.4444)
Luminance	0.2850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A993B #4A3B99

analogous

#99793B #8A993B #5B993B

triadic

#8A993B #3B8A99 #993B8A

tetradic

#8A993B #3B9979 #4A3B99 #993B5B

square

#8A993B #3B9979 #4A3B99 #993B5B

split-complementary

#8A993B #3B5B99 #793B99

monochromatic

#3A4119 #626D2A #8A993B #ACBD54 #C2CE80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#8A993B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#8A993B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A993B

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A993B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A993B	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	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)

#A39130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a993b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.120 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb775',
    500: '#8a993b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a993b;
$custom-light: #aeb775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a993b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.574,
    "s": 44.34,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65155,
    "c": 0.12012,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A993B

secondary

#8278B8

accent

#54D468

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111109

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A993B

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

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