#8A9E23#8A9E23

#8A9E23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.143 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9E23
RGB	rgb(138, 158, 35)
HSL	hsl(70, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(70, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.64, -23.00, 57.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.64, 61.52, 111.96°)
OKLab	oklab(66.14% -0.0689 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(66.14% 0.143 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0120, 29.9785, 6.1639)
Luminance	0.2998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9E23 #37239E

analogous

#9E7423 #8A9E23 #4C9E23

triadic

#8A9E23 #238A9E #9E238A

tetradic

#8A9E23 #239E74 #37239E #9E234C

square

#8A9E23 #239E74 #37239E #9E234C

split-complementary

#8A9E23 #234C9E #74239E

monochromatic

#323A0D #5E6C18 #8A9E23 #B6D02E #C8DC60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#8A9E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#8A9E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9E23

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9E23	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99501

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 158, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.143 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ba69',
    500: '#8a9e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9e23;
$custom-light: #b0ba69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.756,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66142,
    "c": 0.14301,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9E23

secondary

#6D5CC1

accent

#41E75C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9E23

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

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