#8A9A23#8A9A23

#8A9A23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.138 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9A23
RGB	rgb(138, 154, 35)
HSL	hsl(68, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(68, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 0%, 77.3%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.46, -20.99, 55.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.46, 59.78, 110.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.2% -0.0634 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(65.2% 0.138 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3408, 28.6361, 5.9402)
Luminance	0.2864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9A23 #33239A

analogous

#9A6F23 #8A9A23 #4F9A23

triadic

#8A9A23 #238A9A #9A238A

tetradic

#8A9A23 #239A6F #33239A #9A234F

square

#8A9A23 #239A6F #33239A #9A234F

split-complementary

#8A9A23 #234F9A #6F239A

monochromatic

#31360C #5D6818 #8A9A23 #B7CC2E #C9DA5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#8A9A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#8A9A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9A23

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9A23	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)

#A59104

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 154, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.138 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb768',
    500: '#8a9a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9a23;
$custom-light: #afb768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.067,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65195,
    "c": 0.13838,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9A23

secondary

#675ABF

accent

#42E658

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9A23

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

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