#8A8944#8A8944

#8A8944 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.092 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8944
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 68)
HSL	hsl(59, 34%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 50.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.80, -9.77, 36.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.80, 38.05, 104.87°)
OKLab	oklab(61.56% -0.0284 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(61.56% 0.092 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.4708, 23.7125, 8.9663)
Luminance	0.2371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8944 #44458A

analogous

#8A6644 #8A8944 #688A44

triadic

#8A8944 #448A89 #89448A

tetradic

#8A8944 #448A66 #44458A #8A4468

square

#8A8944 #448A66 #44458A #8A4468

split-complementary

#8A8944 #44688A #66448A

monochromatic

#38381C #616030 #8A8944 #AFAE5C #C3C285

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#8A8944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#8A8944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8944

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8944	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)

#93843E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.092 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeab7a',
    500: '#8a8944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8944;
$custom-light: #aeab7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.143,
    "s": 33.981,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61556,
    "c": 0.09153,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8944

secondary

#7C7CAE

accent

#5FCA5E

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4ED

border

#CFCEC8

text

#101009

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8944

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

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