#8A8A39#8A8A39

#8A8A39 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.104 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A39
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 57)
HSL	hsl(60, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 58.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.96, -11.27, 42.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.96, 43.90, 104.88°)
OKLab	oklab(61.65% -0.0339 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(61.65% 0.104 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.3088, 23.8762, 7.4089)
Luminance	0.2388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A39 #39398A

analogous

#8A6139 #8A8A39 #618A39

triadic

#8A8A39 #398A8A #8A398A

tetradic

#8A8A39 #398A61 #39398A #8A3961

square

#8A8A39 #398A61 #39398A #8A3961

split-complementary

#8A8A39 #39618A #61398A

monochromatic

#333315 #5F5F27 #8A8A39 #B5B54B #C7C777

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8A8A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#8A8A39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A39

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A39	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96873E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.104 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeac73',
    500: '#8a8a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a39;
$custom-light: #aeac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 41.538,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61648,
    "c": 0.10366,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A39

secondary

#6F6FB0

accent

#56D156

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A39

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

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