#8A8933#8A8933

#8A8933 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.108 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8933
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 51)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 63%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.62, -11.18, 44.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.62, 46.21, 104.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.35% -0.0343 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(61.35% 0.108 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.0251, 23.5342, 6.6190)
Luminance	0.2353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8933 #33348A

analogous

#8A5D33 #8A8933 #608A33

triadic

#8A8933 #338A89 #89338A

tetradic

#8A8933 #338A5D #33348A #8A3360

square

#8A8933 #338A5D #33348A #8A3360

split-complementary

#8A8933 #33608A #5D338A

monochromatic

#313012 #5D5D22 #8A8933 #B7B544 #C9C86E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#8A8933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#8A8933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8933

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8933	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.108 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afab6f',
    500: '#8a8933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8933;
$custom-light: #afab6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.31,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61354,
    "c": 0.10786,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8933

secondary

#6768B1

accent

#54D652

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8933

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

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