#8A8929#8A8929

#8A8929 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.235; 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	#8A8929
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 41)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 70.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.54, -11.82, 49.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.54, 50.45, 103.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.27% -0.0372 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(61.27% 0.116 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.8278, 23.4553, 5.5803)
Luminance	0.2346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8929 #292A8A

analogous

#8A5829 #8A8929 #5B8A29

triadic

#8A8929 #298A89 #89298A

tetradic

#8A8929 #298A58 #292A8A #8A295B

square

#8A8929 #298A58 #292A8A #8A295B

split-complementary

#8A8929 #295B8A #58298A

monochromatic

#2C2B0D #5B5A1B #8A8929 #B9B837 #CFCE5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#8A8929 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#8A8929 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8929

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8929	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8929	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)

#94831A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968730

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8929;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.116 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afab69',
    500: '#8a8929',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8929;
$custom-light: #afab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8929",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.381,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61265,
    "c": 0.11565,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8929

secondary

#5A5BB5

accent

#4CDE4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8929

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

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