#8A9A33#8A9A33

#8A9A33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.128 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9A33
RGB	rgb(138, 154, 51)
HSL	hsl(69, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(69, 67%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 0%, 66.9%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, -20.10, 50.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 53.95, 111.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.31% -0.0594 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(65.31% 0.128 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6348, 28.7537, 7.4889)
Luminance	0.2875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9A33 #43339A

analogous

#9A7633 #8A9A33 #579A33

triadic

#8A9A33 #338A9A #9A338A

tetradic

#8A9A33 #339A76 #43339A #9A3357

square

#8A9A33 #339A76 #43339A #9A3357

split-complementary

#8A9A33 #33579A #76339A

monochromatic

#383E15 #616C24 #8A9A33 #AFC248 #C3D276

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#8A9A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#8A9A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9A33

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9A33	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 154, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.128 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb770',
    500: '#8a9a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9a33;
$custom-light: #afb770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.32,
    "s": 50.244,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65313,
    "c": 0.1279,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9A33

secondary

#7B6FBA

accent

#4EDA64

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9A33

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

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