#8A9E22#8A9E22

#8A9E22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.144 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9E22
RGB	rgb(138, 158, 34)
HSL	hsl(70, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(70, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.63, -23.05, 57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.63, 61.83, 111.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.14% -0.0691 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(66.14% 0.144 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.9973, 29.9727, 6.0869)
Luminance	0.2997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9E22 #36229E

analogous

#9E7422 #8A9E22 #4C9E22

triadic

#8A9E22 #228A9E #9E228A

tetradic

#8A9E22 #229E74 #36229E #9E224C

square

#8A9E22 #229E74 #36229E #9E224C

split-complementary

#8A9E22 #224C9E #74229E

monochromatic

#32390C #5E6C17 #8A9E22 #B6D02D #C8DC5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#8A9E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#8A9E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9E22

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9E22	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7952E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 158, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.144 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ba68',
    500: '#8a9e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9e22;
$custom-light: #b0ba68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.677,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66136,
    "c": 0.14353,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9E22

secondary

#6B5BC1

accent

#40E85B

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9E22

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

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