#8A8941#8A8941

#8A8941 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.095 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8941
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 65)
HSL	hsl(59, 36%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 52.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, -10.05, 38.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 39.56, 104.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.52% -0.0295 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(61.52% 0.095 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3815, 23.6768, 8.4964)
Luminance	0.2368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8941 #41428A

analogous

#8A6541 #8A8941 #678A41

triadic

#8A8941 #418A89 #89418A

tetradic

#8A8941 #418A65 #41428A #8A4167

square

#8A8941 #418A65 #41428A #8A4167

split-complementary

#8A8941 #41678A #65418A

monochromatic

#37361A #60602D #8A8941 #B0AF58 #C4C382

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#8A8941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#8A8941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8941

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8941	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93843A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.095 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeab78',
    500: '#8a8941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8941;
$custom-light: #aeab78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.178,
    "s": 35.961,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61516,
    "c": 0.09468,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8941

secondary

#7879AE

accent

#5DCC5C

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4ED

border

#CFCEC8

text

#101009

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8941

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

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