#8A9B42#8A9B42

#8A9B42 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.116 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9B42
RGB	rgb(138, 155, 66)
HSL	hsl(71, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(71, 57%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 57.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.99, -19.45, 43.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.99, 47.93, 113.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% -0.056 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.116 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.1863, 29.2395, 9.5755)
Luminance	0.2924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9B42 #53429B

analogous

#9B7F42 #8A9B42 #5D9B42

triadic

#8A9B42 #428A9B #9B428A

tetradic

#8A9B42 #429B7F #53429B #9B425D

square

#8A9B42 #429B7F #53429B #9B425D

split-complementary

#8A9B42 #425D9B #7F429B

monochromatic

#3E451D #647030 #8A9B42 #A9BB5F #C0CD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#8A9B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#8A9B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9B42

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9B42	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#919388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 155, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.116 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb87a',
    500: '#8a9b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9b42;
$custom-light: #aeb87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.461,
    "s": 40.271,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65701,
    "c": 0.11638,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9B42

secondary

#8B81B8

accent

#58D06F

background

#FAFBF7

surface

#F5F6EE

border

#CFD0C9

text

#101109

muted

#7F807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9B42

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

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