#8A9A22#8A9A22

#8A9A22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.139 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9A22
RGB	rgb(138, 154, 34)
HSL	hsl(68, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(68, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 0%, 77.9%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.45, -21.04, 56.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.45, 60.10, 110.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% -0.0636 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.139 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3261, 28.6302, 5.8631)
Luminance	0.2863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9A22 #32229A

analogous

#9A6E22 #8A9A22 #4E9A22

triadic

#8A9A22 #228A9A #9A228A

tetradic

#8A9A22 #229A6E #32229A #9A224E

square

#8A9A22 #229A6E #32229A #9A224E

split-complementary

#8A9A22 #224E9A #6E229A

monochromatic

#30360C #5D6817 #8A9A22 #B7CC2D #CADB5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#8A9A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#8A9A22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9A22

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9A22	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59101

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 154, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.139 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b768',
    500: '#8a9a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9a22;
$custom-light: #b0b768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6519,
    "c": 0.13891,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9A22

secondary

#6658BF

accent

#41E757

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9A22

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

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