#8A8A2D#8A8A2D

#8A8A2D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.114 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A2D
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 45)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 67.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, -12.12, 47.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 49.24, 104.25°)
OKLab	oklab(61.53% -0.0377 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(61.53% 0.114 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0440, 23.7703, 6.0144)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A2D #2D2D8A

analogous

#8A5B2D #8A8A2D #5B8A2D

triadic

#8A8A2D #2D8A8A #8A2D8A

tetradic

#8A8A2D #2D8A5B #2D2D8A #8A2D5B

square

#8A8A2D #2D8A5B #2D2D8A #8A2D5B

split-complementary

#8A8A2D #2D5B8A #5B2D8A

monochromatic

#2E2E0F #5C5C1E #8A8A2D #B8B83C #CDCD65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8A8A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#8A8A2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A2D

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A2D	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)

#958420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.114 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afab6b',
    500: '#8a8a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a2d;
$custom-light: #afab6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61529,
    "c": 0.11379,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A2D

secondary

#6060B3

accent

#4DDA4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A2D

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

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