#8A8A3B#8A8A3B

#8A8A3B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.102 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A3B
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 40%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 57.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.98, -11.11, 41.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.98, 42.95, 104.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% -0.0332 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.102 109)
XYZ	xyz(20.3597, 23.8965, 7.6768)
Luminance	0.2390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A3B #3B3B8A

analogous

#8A623B #8A8A3B #628A3B

triadic

#8A8A3B #3B8A8A #8A3B8A

tetradic

#8A8A3B #3B8A62 #3B3B8A #8A3B62

square

#8A8A3B #3B8A62 #3B3B8A #8A3B62

split-complementary

#8A8A3B #3B628A #623B8A

monochromatic

#343416 #5F5F29 #8A8A3B #B4B44F #C6C679

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#8A8A3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#8A8A3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A3B

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A3B	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	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)

#948533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95873F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.102 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeac74',
    500: '#8a8a3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a3b;
$custom-light: #aeac74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 40.102,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61671,
    "c": 0.10179,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.23896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A3B

secondary

#7171AF

accent

#58D058

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4ED

border

#CFCEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A3B

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

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