#8A8930#8A8930

#8A8930 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.110 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8930
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 48)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 65.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.59, -11.39, 46.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.59, 47.54, 103.86°)
OKLab	oklab(61.33% -0.0353 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(61.33% 0.11 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.9610, 23.5086, 6.2819)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8930 #30318A

analogous

#8A5C30 #8A8930 #5E8A30

triadic

#8A8930 #308A89 #89308A

tetradic

#8A8930 #308A5C #30318A #8A305E

square

#8A8930 #308A5C #30318A #8A305E

split-complementary

#8A8930 #305E8A #5C308A

monochromatic

#2F2F10 #5D5C20 #8A8930 #B7B640 #CBCA69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#8A8930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#8A8930 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8930

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8930	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.110 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afab6d',
    500: '#8a8930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8930;
$custom-light: #afab6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.333,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61325,
    "c": 0.11035,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8930

secondary

#6464B2

accent

#51D850

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8930

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

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