#8A8A29#8A8A29

#8A8A29 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	#8A8A29
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 41)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 70.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.83, -12.35, 49.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.83, 50.86, 104.05°)
OKLab	oklab(61.5% -0.0387 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(61.5% 0.117 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.9706, 23.7409, 5.6279)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A29 #29298A

analogous

#8A5929 #8A8A29 #598A29

triadic

#8A8A29 #298A8A #8A298A

tetradic

#8A8A29 #298A59 #29298A #8A2959

square

#8A8A29 #298A59 #29298A #8A2959

split-complementary

#8A8A29 #29598A #59298A

monochromatic

#2C2C0D #5B5B1B #8A8A29 #B9B937 #CFCF5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8A8A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#8A8A29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A29

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A29	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)

#95841A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968730

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.117 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afab69',
    500: '#8a8a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a29;
$custom-light: #afab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61495,
    "c": 0.11672,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A29

secondary

#5A5AB5

accent

#4ADE4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A29

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

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