#8A8A23#8A8A23

#8A8A23 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.121 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A23
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 35)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.79, -12.66, 51.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.79, 53.13, 103.79°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% -0.0402 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.121 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8738, 23.7022, 5.1179)
Luminance	0.2370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A23 #23238A

analogous

#8A5723 #8A8A23 #578A23

triadic

#8A8A23 #238A8A #8A238A

tetradic

#8A8A23 #238A57 #23238A #8A2357

square

#8A8A23 #238A57 #23238A #8A2357

split-complementary

#8A8A23 #23578A #57238A

monochromatic

#28280A #595917 #8A8A23 #BBBB2F #D4D454

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#8A8A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#8A8A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A23

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A23	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)

#96840E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97872B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.121 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afab66',
    500: '#8a8a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a23;
$custom-light: #afab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61452,
    "c": 0.12066,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A23

secondary

#5151B7

accent

#45E345

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A23

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

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