#8A8841#8A8841

#8A8841 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.094 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8841
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 65)
HSL	hsl(58, 36%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(58, 53%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 52.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.48, -9.50, 37.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.48, 39.10, 104.07°)
OKLab	oklab(61.29% -0.028 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(61.29% 0.094 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.2400, 23.3938, 8.4493)
Luminance	0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8841 #41438A

analogous

#8A6341 #8A8841 #688A41

triadic

#8A8841 #418A88 #88418A

tetradic

#8A8841 #418A63 #41438A #8A4168

square

#8A8841 #418A63 #41438A #8A4168

split-complementary

#8A8841 #41688A #63418A

monochromatic

#37361A #605F2D #8A8841 #B0AE58 #C4C282

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#8A8841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#8A8841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8841

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8841	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92833A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.094 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeaa78',
    500: '#8a8841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8841;
$custom-light: #aeaa78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.356,
    "s": 35.961,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61287,
    "c": 0.09351,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8841

secondary

#787AAE

accent

#5FCC5C

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4ED

border

#CFCEC8

text

#101009

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8841

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

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