#8A8928#8A8928

#8A8928 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.116 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8928
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 40)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.53, -11.87, 49.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.53, 50.85, 103.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% -0.0375 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.116 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.8106, 23.4484, 5.4895)
Luminance	0.2345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8928 #28298A

analogous

#8A5828 #8A8928 #5A8A28

triadic

#8A8928 #288A89 #89288A

tetradic

#8A8928 #288A58 #28298A #8A285A

square

#8A8928 #288A58 #28298A #8A285A

split-complementary

#8A8928 #285A8A #58288A

monochromatic

#2B2B0C #5B5A1A #8A8928 #B9B836 #D0CF5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#8A8928 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#8A8928 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8928

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8928	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8928	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96872F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8928;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.116 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afab69',
    500: '#8a8928',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8928;
$custom-light: #afab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8928",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.388,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61257,
    "c": 0.11635,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8928

secondary

#595AB5

accent

#4BDE49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8928

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

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