#8A9942#8A9942

#8A9942 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.114 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9942
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 66)
HSL	hsl(70, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(70, 57%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 56.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.41, -18.42, 43.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.41, 46.91, 113.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.23% -0.0531 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(65.23% 0.114 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8562, 28.5793, 9.4655)
Luminance	0.2858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9942 #514299

analogous

#997C42 #8A9942 #5E9942

triadic

#8A9942 #428A99 #99428A

tetradic

#8A9942 #42997C #514299 #99425E

square

#8A9942 #42997C #514299 #99425E

split-complementary

#8A9942 #425E99 #7C4299

monochromatic

#3D431D #636E30 #8A9942 #AABA5E #C1CC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#8A9942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#8A9942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9942

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9942	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#919186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.114 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb779',
    500: '#8a9942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9942;
$custom-light: #aeb779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.345,
    "s": 39.726,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65232,
    "c": 0.11375,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9942

secondary

#8980B7

accent

#58D06D

background

#FAFBF7

surface

#F5F6EE

border

#CFD0C9

text

#101109

muted

#7F807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9942

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

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