#8A8A37#8A8A37

#8A8A37 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.105 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A37
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.94, -11.43, 43.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.94, 44.83, 104.77°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% -0.0346 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.105 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2599, 23.8566, 7.1512)
Luminance	0.2386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A37 #37378A

analogous

#8A6037 #8A8A37 #608A37

triadic

#8A8A37 #378A8A #8A378A

tetradic

#8A8A37 #378A60 #37378A #8A3760

square

#8A8A37 #378A60 #37378A #8A3760

split-complementary

#8A8A37 #37608A #60378A

monochromatic

#323214 #5E5E26 #8A8A37 #B6B648 #C8C874

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8A8A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#8A8A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A37

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A37	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)

#95852E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96873C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.105 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeac71',
    500: '#8a8a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a37;
$custom-light: #aeac71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61626,
    "c": 0.10549,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A37

secondary

#6D6DB0

accent

#55D355

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A37

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →