#8A8A2E#8A8A2E

#8A8A2E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.113 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A2E
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, -12.05, 47.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 48.82, 104.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% -0.0374 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.113 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0635, 23.7781, 6.1170)
Luminance	0.2378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A2E #2E2E8A

analogous

#8A5C2E #8A8A2E #5C8A2E

triadic

#8A8A2E #2E8A8A #8A2E8A

tetradic

#8A8A2E #2E8A5C #2E2E8A #8A2E5C

square

#8A8A2E #2E8A5C #2E2E8A #8A2E5C

split-complementary

#8A8A2E #2E5C8A #5C2E8A

monochromatic

#2E2E0F #5C5C1F #8A8A2E #B8B83D #CCCC66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8A8A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#8A8A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A2E

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A2E	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.113 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afab6c',
    500: '#8a8a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a2e;
$custom-light: #afab6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61537,
    "c": 0.11303,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A2E

secondary

#6161B3

accent

#4EDA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A2E

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

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