#8A8A42#8A8A42

#8A8A42 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.095 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A42
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 35%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 52%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 52.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.06, -10.50, 38.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.06, 39.53, 105.40°)
OKLab	oklab(61.76% -0.0307 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(61.76% 0.095 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.5536, 23.9741, 8.6979)
Luminance	0.2397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A42 #42428A

analogous

#8A6642 #8A8A42 #668A42

triadic

#8A8A42 #428A8A #8A428A

tetradic

#8A8A42 #428A66 #42428A #8A4266

square

#8A8A42 #428A66 #42428A #8A4266

split-complementary

#8A8A42 #42668A #66428A

monochromatic

#37371A #61612E #8A8A42 #B0B059 #C4C483

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8A8A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#8A8A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A42

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A42	1.00	3.62	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.62	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)

#94853B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.095 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeac78',
    500: '#8a8a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a42;
$custom-light: #aeac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61758,
    "c": 0.09483,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A42

secondary

#7979AE

accent

#5CCB5C

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4ED

border

#CFCEC8

text

#101009

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A42

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

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