#8A8A3E#8A8A3E

#8A8A3E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.099 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A3E
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 62)
HSL	hsl(60, 38%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(60, 55%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 55.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, -10.86, 40.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 41.50, 105.16°)
OKLab	oklab(61.71% -0.0322 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(61.71% 0.099 109)
XYZ	xyz(20.4397, 23.9285, 8.0985)
Luminance	0.2393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A3E #3E3E8A

analogous

#8A643E #8A8A3E #648A3E

triadic

#8A8A3E #3E8A8A #8A3E8A

tetradic

#8A8A3E #3E8A64 #3E3E8A #8A3E64

square

#8A8A3E #3E8A64 #3E3E8A #8A3E64

split-complementary

#8A8A3E #3E648A #643E8A

monochromatic

#363618 #60602B #8A8A3E #B2B253 #C5C57E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#8A8A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#8A8A3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A3E

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A3E	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.099 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeac76',
    500: '#8a8a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a3e;
$custom-light: #aeac76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 38,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61707,
    "c": 0.09888,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.23928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A3E

secondary

#7575AF

accent

#5ACE5A

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4ED

border

#CFCEC8

text

#101009

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A3E

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

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