#8A8945#8A8945

#8A8945 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.090 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8945
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 69)
HSL	hsl(59, 33%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 50%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.81, -9.67, 36.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.81, 37.55, 104.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% -0.028 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.09 108)
XYZ	xyz(20.5015, 23.7248, 9.1284)
Luminance	0.2372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8945 #45468A

analogous

#8A6645 #8A8945 #688A45

triadic

#8A8945 #458A89 #89458A

tetradic

#8A8945 #458A66 #45468A #8A4568

square

#8A8945 #458A66 #45468A #8A4568

split-complementary

#8A8945 #45688A #66458A

monochromatic

#38381C #616031 #8A8945 #AEAD5E #C3C287

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#8A8945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#8A8945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8945

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8945	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)

#93843F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.090 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeab7a',
    500: '#8a8945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8945;
$custom-light: #aeab7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6157,
    "c": 0.09046,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.23724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8945

secondary

#7D7DAE

accent

#60C95E

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F4F4EE

border

#CECEC9

text

#101009

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8945

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

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