#8A8A40#8A8A40

#8A8A40 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.097 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A40
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 54%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 53.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.04, -10.68, 39.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.04, 40.52, 105.28°)
OKLab	oklab(61.73% -0.0314 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(61.73% 0.097 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.4956, 23.9509, 8.3928)
Luminance	0.2395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A40 #40408A

analogous

#8A6540 #8A8A40 #658A40

triadic

#8A8A40 #408A8A #8A408A

tetradic

#8A8A40 #408A65 #40408A #8A4065

square

#8A8A40 #408A65 #40408A #8A4065

split-complementary

#8A8A40 #40658A #65408A

monochromatic

#363619 #60602D #8A8A40 #B1B156 #C4C480

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#8A8A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#8A8A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A40

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A40	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)

#948539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.097 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeac77',
    500: '#8a8a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a40;
$custom-light: #aeac77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 36.634,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61732,
    "c": 0.09688,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A40

secondary

#7777AF

accent

#5BCD5B

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4ED

border

#CFCEC8

text

#101009

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A40

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

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