#8A8A34#8A8A34

#8A8A34 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.108 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A34
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 52)
HSL	hsl(60, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.92, -11.65, 44.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.92, 46.20, 104.60°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% -0.0355 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.108 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1902, 23.8287, 6.7840)
Luminance	0.2383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A34 #34348A

analogous

#8A5F34 #8A8A34 #5F8A34

triadic

#8A8A34 #348A8A #8A348A

tetradic

#8A8A34 #348A5F #34348A #8A345F

square

#8A8A34 #348A5F #34348A #8A345F

split-complementary

#8A8A34 #345F8A #5F348A

monochromatic

#313113 #5E5E23 #8A8A34 #B6B645 #C9C96F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8A8A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#8A8A34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A34

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A34	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95842A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.108 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afac70',
    500: '#8a8a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a34;
$custom-light: #afac70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 45.263,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61594,
    "c": 0.10813,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A34

secondary

#6969B1

accent

#53D553

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A34

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

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