#8A8936#8A8936

#8A8936 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.105 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8936
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.65, -10.96, 43.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.65, 44.85, 104.15°)
OKLab	oklab(61.39% -0.0334 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(61.39% 0.105 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0934, 23.5615, 6.9787)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8936 #36378A

analogous

#8A5F36 #8A8936 #618A36

triadic

#8A8936 #368A89 #89368A

tetradic

#8A8936 #368A5F #36378A #8A3661

square

#8A8936 #368A5F #36378A #8A3661

split-complementary

#8A8936 #36618A #5F368A

monochromatic

#323214 #5E5D25 #8A8936 #B6B547 #C8C772

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#8A8936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#8A8936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8936

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8936	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)

#94842D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95873B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.105 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeab71',
    500: '#8a8936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8936;
$custom-light: #aeab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.286,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61385,
    "c": 0.10525,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8936

secondary

#6B6CB1

accent

#56D354

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8936

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

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