#8A9E31#8A9E31

#8A9E31 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.134 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9E31
RGB	rgb(138, 158, 49)
HSL	hsl(71, 53%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(71, 69%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 69%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.72, -22.25, 52.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.72, 56.63, 113.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.24% -0.0655 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(66.24% 0.134 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.2629, 30.0789, 7.4854)
Luminance	0.3008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9E31 #45319E

analogous

#9E7B31 #8A9E31 #539E31

triadic

#8A9E31 #318A9E #9E318A

tetradic

#8A9E31 #319E7B #45319E #9E3153

square

#8A9E31 #319E7B #45319E #9E3153

split-complementary

#8A9E31 #31539E #7B319E

monochromatic

#384114 #616F23 #8A9E31 #AEC646 #C3D475

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#8A9E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#8A9E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9E31

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9E31	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 158, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.134 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afba70',
    500: '#8a9e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9e31;
$custom-light: #afba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.009,
    "s": 52.657,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66239,
    "c": 0.13428,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9E31

secondary

#7D6EBC

accent

#4CDC66

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9E31

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

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