#8A8A28#8A8A28

#8A8A28 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.117 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A28
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 40)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, -12.41, 49.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 51.26, 104.01°)
OKLab	oklab(61.49% -0.039 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(61.49% 0.117 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.9534, 23.7340, 5.5371)
Luminance	0.2373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A28 #28288A

analogous

#8A5928 #8A8A28 #598A28

triadic

#8A8A28 #288A8A #8A288A

tetradic

#8A8A28 #288A59 #28288A #8A2859

square

#8A8A28 #288A59 #28288A #8A2859

split-complementary

#8A8A28 #28598A #59288A

monochromatic

#2B2B0C #5B5B1A #8A8A28 #B9B936 #D0D05D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8A8A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#8A8A28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A28

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A28	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)

#958418

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97872F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.117 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afab69',
    500: '#8a8a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a28;
$custom-light: #afab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61488,
    "c": 0.11741,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A28

secondary

#5959B5

accent

#49DE49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A28

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

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