#8A9C24#8A9C24

#8A9C24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.140 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9C24
RGB	rgb(138, 156, 36)
HSL	hsl(69, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(69, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 76.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.05, -21.96, 56.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.05, 60.33, 111.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.67% -0.0659 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(65.67% 0.14 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.6887, 29.3078, 6.1305)
Luminance	0.2931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9C24 #36249C

analogous

#9C7224 #8A9C24 #4E9C24

triadic

#8A9C24 #248A9C #9C248A

tetradic

#8A9C24 #249C72 #36249C #9C244E

square

#8A9C24 #249C72 #36249C #9C244E

split-complementary

#8A9C24 #244E9C #72249C

monochromatic

#32390D #5E6A19 #8A9C24 #B6CE2F #C8DA60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#8A9C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#8A9C24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9C24

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9C24	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79305

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 156, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.140 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb969',
    500: '#8a9c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9c24;
$custom-light: #afb969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65674,
    "c": 0.14014,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9C24

secondary

#6B5CBF

accent

#42E65B

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9C24

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

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