#8A9D37#8A9D37

#8A9D37 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.129 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9D37
RGB	rgb(138, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(71, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(71, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 65%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.48, -21.34, 49.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.48, 53.74, 113.40°)
OKLab	oklab(66.06% -0.0624 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(66.06% 0.129 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2282, 29.7932, 8.1407)
Luminance	0.2979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9D37 #4A379D

analogous

#9D7D37 #8A9D37 #579D37

triadic

#8A9D37 #378A9D #9D378A

tetradic

#8A9D37 #379D7D #4A379D #9D3757

square

#8A9D37 #379D7D #4A379D #9D3757

split-complementary

#8A9D37 #37579D #7D379D

monochromatic

#3A4217 #627027 #8A9D37 #ACC250 #C2D17D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#8A9D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#8A9D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9D37

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9D37	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7942A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.129 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb973',
    500: '#8a9d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9d37;
$custom-light: #afb973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.176,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66056,
    "c": 0.1285,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9D37

secondary

#8275BB

accent

#50D869

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9D37

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

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