#8A8A2A#8A8A2A

#8A8A2A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.116 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A2A
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 42)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 69.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.83, -12.29, 48.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.83, 50.46, 104.10°)
OKLab	oklab(61.5% -0.0385 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(61.5% 0.116 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.9883, 23.7480, 5.7209)
Luminance	0.2375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A2A #2A2A8A

analogous

#8A5A2A #8A8A2A #5A8A2A

triadic

#8A8A2A #2A8A8A #8A2A8A

tetradic

#8A8A2A #2A8A5A #2A2A8A #8A2A5A

square

#8A8A2A #2A8A5A #2A2A8A #8A2A5A

split-complementary

#8A8A2A #2A5A8A #5A2A8A

monochromatic

#2C2C0D #5B5B1C #8A8A2A #B9B938 #CFCF60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8A8A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#8A8A2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A2A

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A2A	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)

#95841B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968731

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.116 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afab6a',
    500: '#8a8a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a2a;
$custom-light: #afab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61503,
    "c": 0.11601,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A2A

secondary

#5B5BB4

accent

#4BDD4B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A2A

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

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