#8A8A2B#8A8A2B

#8A8A2B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.115 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A2B
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 43)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 68.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, -12.24, 48.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 50.06, 104.15°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% -0.0382 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.115 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.0064, 23.7552, 5.8164)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A2B #2B2B8A

analogous

#8A5A2B #8A8A2B #5A8A2B

triadic

#8A8A2B #2B8A8A #8A2B8A

tetradic

#8A8A2B #2B8A5A #2B2B8A #8A2B5A

square

#8A8A2B #2B8A5A #2B2B8A #8A2B5A

split-complementary

#8A8A2B #2B5A8A #5A2B8A

monochromatic

#2D2D0E #5B5B1C #8A8A2B #B9B93A #CECE61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8A8A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#8A8A2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A2B

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A2B	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)

#95841D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.115 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afab6a',
    500: '#8a8a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a2b;
$custom-light: #afab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.486,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61512,
    "c": 0.11529,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A2B

secondary

#5D5DB4

accent

#4CDC4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A2B

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

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