#8A8940#8A8940

#8A8940 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.096 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8940
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 53.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.75, -10.14, 38.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.75, 40.06, 104.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.5% -0.0299 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(61.5% 0.096 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3528, 23.6653, 8.3452)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8940 #40418A

analogous

#8A6440 #8A8940 #668A40

triadic

#8A8940 #408A89 #89408A

tetradic

#8A8940 #408A64 #40418A #8A4066

square

#8A8940 #408A64 #40418A #8A4066

split-complementary

#8A8940 #40668A #64408A

monochromatic

#363619 #605F2D #8A8940 #B1B056 #C4C380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#8A8940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#8A8940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8940

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8940	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.096 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeab77',
    500: '#8a8940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8940;
$custom-light: #aeab77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.189,
    "s": 36.634,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61503,
    "c": 0.0957,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8940

secondary

#7778AF

accent

#5DCD5B

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4ED

border

#CFCEC8

text

#101009

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8940

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

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