#8A8931#8A8931

#8A8931 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	#8A8931
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 64.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.60, -11.32, 45.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.60, 47.10, 103.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.33% -0.035 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(61.33% 0.11 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.9819, 23.5169, 6.3918)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8931 #31328A

analogous

#8A5D31 #8A8931 #5F8A31

triadic

#8A8931 #318A89 #89318A

tetradic

#8A8931 #318A5D #31328A #8A315F

square

#8A8931 #318A5D #31328A #8A315F

split-complementary

#8A8931 #315F8A #5D318A

monochromatic

#302F11 #5D5C21 #8A8931 #B7B641 #CAC96B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#8A8931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#8A8931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8931

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8931	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)

#948326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.110 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afab6e',
    500: '#8a8931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8931;
$custom-light: #afab6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.326,
    "s": 47.594,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61335,
    "c": 0.10954,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8931

secondary

#6566B2

accent

#52D751

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8931

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

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