#8A8A35#8A8A35

#8A8A35 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.107 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A35
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 53)
HSL	hsl(60, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 61.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.92, -11.57, 44.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.92, 45.75, 104.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% -0.0352 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.107 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.2129, 23.8378, 6.9039)
Luminance	0.2384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A35 #35358A

analogous

#8A6035 #8A8A35 #608A35

triadic

#8A8A35 #358A8A #8A358A

tetradic

#8A8A35 #358A60 #35358A #8A3560

square

#8A8A35 #358A60 #35358A #8A3560

split-complementary

#8A8A35 #35608A #60358A

monochromatic

#323213 #5E5E24 #8A8A35 #B6B646 #C8C871

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8A8A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#8A8A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A35

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A35	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)

#95842B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96873A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.107 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeac70',
    500: '#8a8a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a35;
$custom-light: #aeac70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 44.503,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61605,
    "c": 0.10726,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A35

secondary

#6A6AB1

accent

#54D454

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A35

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

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