#8A9B38#8A9B38

#8A9B38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.125 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9B38
RGB	rgb(138, 155, 56)
HSL	hsl(70, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(70, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 63.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.90, -20.25, 48.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.90, 52.35, 112.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.59% -0.0593 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(65.59% 0.125 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.9168, 29.1317, 8.1563)
Luminance	0.2913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9B38 #49389B

analogous

#9B7B38 #8A9B38 #599B38

triadic

#8A9B38 #388A9B #9B388A

tetradic

#8A9B38 #389B7B #49389B #9B3859

square

#8A9B38 #389B7B #49389B #9B3859

split-complementary

#8A9B38 #38599B #7B389B

monochromatic

#3A4118 #626E28 #8A9B38 #ADC050 #C2D07D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#8A9B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#8A9B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9B38

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9B38	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5932C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 155, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.125 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb873',
    500: '#8a9b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9b38;
$custom-light: #afb873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.303,
    "s": 46.919,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65594,
    "c": 0.12518,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9B38

secondary

#8175B9

accent

#51D768

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9B38

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

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