#8A9B37#8A9B37

#8A9B37 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.126 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9B37
RGB	rgb(138, 155, 55)
HSL	hsl(70, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(70, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 64.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.89, -20.33, 48.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.89, 52.77, 112.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.59% -0.0596 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(65.59% 0.126 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.8926, 29.1220, 8.0288)
Luminance	0.2912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9B37 #48379B

analogous

#9B7A37 #8A9B37 #589B37

triadic

#8A9B37 #378A9B #9B378A

tetradic

#8A9B37 #379B7A #48379B #9B3758

square

#8A9B37 #379B7A #48379B #9B3758

split-complementary

#8A9B37 #37589B #7A379B

monochromatic

#3A4117 #626E27 #8A9B37 #ADC04F #C2D07C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#8A9B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#8A9B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9B37

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9B37	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5932A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 155, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.126 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb873',
    500: '#8a9b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9b37;
$custom-light: #afb873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.2,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65585,
    "c": 0.12599,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9B37

secondary

#8074BA

accent

#51D767

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9B37

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

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