#8A9940#8A9940

#8A9940 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.116 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9940
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 64)
HSL	hsl(70, 41%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(70, 58%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 58.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.39, -18.59, 44.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.39, 47.83, 112.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.21% -0.0538 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(65.21% 0.116 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7982, 28.5561, 9.1604)
Luminance	0.2856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9940 #4F4099

analogous

#997B40 #8A9940 #5E9940

triadic

#8A9940 #408A99 #99408A

tetradic

#8A9940 #40997B #4F4099 #99405E

square

#8A9940 #40997B #4F4099 #99405E

split-complementary

#8A9940 #405E99 #7B4099

monochromatic

#3C431C #636E2E #8A9940 #ABBB5C #C1CD87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#8A9940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#8A9940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9940

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9940	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.116 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb778',
    500: '#8a9940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9940;
$custom-light: #aeb778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.112,
    "s": 41.014,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65209,
    "c": 0.11563,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9940

secondary

#877EB7

accent

#57D16B

background

#FAFBF7

surface

#F5F6ED

border

#CFD0C8

text

#111109

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9940

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

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