#8A9A36#8A9A36

#8A9A36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.126 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9A36
RGB	rgb(138, 154, 54)
HSL	hsl(70, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(70, 65%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 0%, 64.9%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, -19.89, 48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 52.71, 112.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.34% -0.0585 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(65.34% 0.126 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7031, 28.7810, 7.8486)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9A36 #46369A

analogous

#9A7836 #8A9A36 #589A36

triadic

#8A9A36 #368A9A #9A368A

tetradic

#8A9A36 #369A78 #46369A #9A3658

square

#8A9A36 #369A78 #46369A #9A3658

split-complementary

#8A9A36 #36589A #78369A

monochromatic

#393F16 #616D26 #8A9A36 #AEC04D #C3D07A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#8A9A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#8A9A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9A36

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9A36	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2933D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 154, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.126 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb772',
    500: '#8a9a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9a36;
$custom-light: #afb772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.6,
    "s": 48.077,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6534,
    "c": 0.12554,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9A36

secondary

#7E73B9

accent

#50D866

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9A36

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

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