#8A8839#8A8839

#8A8839 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.101 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8839
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 57)
HSL	hsl(59, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 58.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.39, -10.19, 41.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.39, 43.01, 103.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% -0.0308 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.101 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.0245, 23.3076, 7.3141)
Luminance	0.2331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8839 #393B8A

analogous

#8A5F39 #8A8839 #638A39

triadic

#8A8839 #398A88 #88398A

tetradic

#8A8839 #398A5F #393B8A #8A3963

square

#8A8839 #398A5F #393B8A #8A3963

split-complementary

#8A8839 #39638A #5F398A

monochromatic

#333315 #5F5D27 #8A8839 #B5B24B #C7C577

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#8A8839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#8A8839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8839

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8839	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94863D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.101 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeaa72',
    500: '#8a8839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8839;
$custom-light: #aeaa72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.519,
    "s": 41.538,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61189,
    "c": 0.10139,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8839

secondary

#6F71B0

accent

#59D156

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8839

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

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