#8A9A42#8A9A42

#8A9A42 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.115 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9A42
RGB	rgb(138, 154, 66)
HSL	hsl(71, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(71, 57%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 0%, 57.1%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, -18.93, 43.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 47.42, 113.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% -0.0546 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.115 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0205, 28.9080, 9.5203)
Luminance	0.2891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9A42 #52429A

analogous

#9A7E42 #8A9A42 #5E9A42

triadic

#8A9A42 #428A9A #9A428A

tetradic

#8A9A42 #429A7E #52429A #9A425E

square

#8A9A42 #429A7E #52429A #9A425E

split-complementary

#8A9A42 #425E9A #7E429A

monochromatic

#3D441D #646F30 #8A9A42 #AABA5F #C1CD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#8A9A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#8A9A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9A42

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9A42	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#919287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 154, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.115 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb779',
    500: '#8a9a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9a42;
$custom-light: #aeb779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.909,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65466,
    "c": 0.11506,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9A42

secondary

#8A80B8

accent

#58D06E

background

#FAFBF7

surface

#F5F6EE

border

#CFD0C9

text

#101109

muted

#7F807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9A42

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

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