#8A8A2C#8A8A2C

#8A8A2C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.115 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A2C
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 44)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 68.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, -12.18, 48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 49.65, 104.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.52% -0.0379 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(61.52% 0.115 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0250, 23.7627, 5.9142)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A2C #2C2C8A

analogous

#8A5B2C #8A8A2C #5B8A2C

triadic

#8A8A2C #2C8A8A #8A2C8A

tetradic

#8A8A2C #2C8A5B #2C2C8A #8A2C5B

square

#8A8A2C #2C8A5B #2C2C8A #8A2C5B

split-complementary

#8A8A2C #2C5B8A #5B2C8A

monochromatic

#2D2D0E #5C5C1D #8A8A2C #B8B83B #CDCD63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8A8A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#8A8A2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A2C

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A2C	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)

#95841E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.115 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afab6b',
    500: '#8a8a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a2c;
$custom-light: #afab6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6152,
    "c": 0.11455,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A2C

secondary

#5E5EB4

accent

#4DDB4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A2C

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

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