#8A9B23#8A9B23

#8A9B23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.140 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9B23
RGB	rgb(138, 155, 35)
HSL	hsl(69, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(69, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 77.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.75, -21.50, 56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.75, 60.21, 110.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.43% -0.0647 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(65.43% 0.14 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5065, 28.9676, 5.9954)
Luminance	0.2897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9B23 #34239B

analogous

#9B7023 #8A9B23 #4E9B23

triadic

#8A9B23 #238A9B #9B238A

tetradic

#8A9B23 #239B70 #34239B #9B234E

square

#8A9B23 #239B70 #34239B #9B234E

split-complementary

#8A9B23 #234E9B #70239B

monochromatic

#31370C #5E6918 #8A9B23 #B6CD2E #C9DB5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#8A9B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#8A9B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9B23

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9B23	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69203

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 155, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.140 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b868',
    500: '#8a9b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9b23;
$custom-light: #b0b868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65432,
    "c": 0.13952,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9B23

secondary

#695ABF

accent

#42E659

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9B23

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

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