#8A8A31#8A8A31

#8A8A31 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.111 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A31
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 49)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.89, -11.86, 46.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.89, 47.53, 104.45°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% -0.0365 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.111 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.1247, 23.8025, 6.4394)
Luminance	0.2380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A31 #31318A

analogous

#8A5E31 #8A8A31 #5E8A31

triadic

#8A8A31 #318A8A #8A318A

tetradic

#8A8A31 #318A5E #31318A #8A315E

square

#8A8A31 #318A5E #31318A #8A315E

split-complementary

#8A8A31 #315E8A #5E318A

monochromatic

#303011 #5D5D21 #8A8A31 #B7B741 #CACA6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8A8A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#8A8A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A31

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A31	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)

#958426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.111 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afac6e',
    500: '#8a8a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a31;
$custom-light: #afac6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 47.594,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61565,
    "c": 0.11064,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A31

secondary

#6565B2

accent

#51D751

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A31

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

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