#8A8947#8A8947

#8A8947 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.088 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8947
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 71)
HSL	hsl(59, 32%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 49%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 48.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, -9.47, 35.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 36.52, 105.03°)
OKLab	oklab(61.6% -0.0272 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(61.6% 0.088 108)
XYZ	xyz(20.5647, 23.7500, 9.4609)
Luminance	0.2375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8947 #47488A

analogous

#8A6747 #8A8947 #698A47

triadic

#8A8947 #478A89 #89478A

tetradic

#8A8947 #478A67 #47488A #8A4769

square

#8A8947 #478A67 #47488A #8A4769

split-complementary

#8A8947 #47698A #67478A

monochromatic

#39391D #626132 #8A8947 #AEAC61 #C2C189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8A8947 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#8A8947 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8947

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8947	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8947	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94874A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8947;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.088 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeab7c',
    500: '#8a8947',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8947;
$custom-light: #aeab7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8947",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.104,
    "s": 32.057,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61598,
    "c": 0.08829,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.2375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8947

secondary

#7F80AE

accent

#61C860

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F4F4EE

border

#CECEC9

text

#101009

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8947

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

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