#8A9D23#8A9D23

#8A9D23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.142 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9D23
RGB	rgb(138, 157, 35)
HSL	hsl(69, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(69, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 77.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.34, -22.50, 56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.34, 61.09, 111.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.91% -0.0675 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(65.91% 0.142 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8421, 29.6388, 6.1073)
Luminance	0.2964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9D23 #36239D

analogous

#9D7323 #8A9D23 #4D9D23

triadic

#8A9D23 #238A9D #9D238A

tetradic

#8A9D23 #239D73 #36239D #9D234D

square

#8A9D23 #239D73 #36239D #9D234D

split-complementary

#8A9D23 #234D9D #73239D

monochromatic

#32390D #5E6B18 #8A9D23 #B6CF2E #C8DB5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#8A9D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#8A9D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9D23

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9D23	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89402

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 157, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.142 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b969',
    500: '#8a9d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9d23;
$custom-light: #b0b969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.344,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65905,
    "c": 0.14184,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9D23

secondary

#6B5CC0

accent

#41E75B

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9D23

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

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