#8A8A38#8A8A38

#8A8A38 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	#8A8A38
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.95, -11.35, 42.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.95, 44.36, 104.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61.64% -0.0342 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(61.64% 0.105 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2841, 23.8663, 7.2788)
Luminance	0.2387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A38 #38388A

analogous

#8A6138 #8A8A38 #618A38

triadic

#8A8A38 #388A8A #8A388A

tetradic

#8A8A38 #388A61 #38388A #8A3861

square

#8A8A38 #388A61 #38388A #8A3861

split-complementary

#8A8A38 #38618A #61388A

monochromatic

#333315 #5E5E26 #8A8A38 #B5B54A #C7C775

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8A8A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#8A8A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A38

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A38	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)

#94852F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96873D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.105 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeac72',
    500: '#8a8a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a38;
$custom-light: #aeac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61637,
    "c": 0.10458,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A38

secondary

#6E6EB0

accent

#56D256

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A38

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

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