#8A8934#8A8934

#8A8934 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.107 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8934
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 52)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 62.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.63, -11.11, 44.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.63, 45.76, 104.05°)
OKLab	oklab(61.36% -0.034 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(61.36% 0.107 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0473, 23.5431, 6.7364)
Luminance	0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8934 #34358A

analogous

#8A5E34 #8A8934 #608A34

triadic

#8A8934 #348A89 #89348A

tetradic

#8A8934 #348A5E #34358A #8A3460

square

#8A8934 #348A5E #34358A #8A3460

split-complementary

#8A8934 #34608A #5E348A

monochromatic

#313113 #5E5D23 #8A8934 #B6B545 #C9C86F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#8A8934 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#8A8934 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8934

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8934	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8934	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)

#94842A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8934;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.107 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afab6f',
    500: '#8a8934',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8934;
$custom-light: #afab6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8934",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.302,
    "s": 45.263,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61364,
    "c": 0.10701,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8934

secondary

#696AB1

accent

#54D553

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8934

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

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