#8A8939#8A8939

#8A8939 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.103 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8939
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 57)
HSL	hsl(59, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 58.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, -10.73, 42.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 43.45, 104.30°)
OKLab	oklab(61.42% -0.0324 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(61.42% 0.103 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1660, 23.5906, 7.3612)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8939 #393A8A

analogous

#8A6039 #8A8939 #628A39

triadic

#8A8939 #398A89 #89398A

tetradic

#8A8939 #398A60 #393A8A #8A3962

square

#8A8939 #398A60 #393A8A #8A3962

split-complementary

#8A8939 #39628A #60398A

monochromatic

#333315 #5F5E27 #8A8939 #B5B44B #C7C677

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#8A8939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#8A8939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8939

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8939	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95873D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.103 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeab73',
    500: '#8a8939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8939;
$custom-light: #aeab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.259,
    "s": 41.538,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61418,
    "c": 0.10252,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8939

secondary

#6F70B0

accent

#58D156

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8939

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

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