#8A8A44#8A8A44

#8A8A44 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.093 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A44
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 68)
HSL	hsl(60, 34%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 51%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 50.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.09, -10.31, 37.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.09, 38.52, 105.52°)
OKLab	oklab(61.79% -0.0299 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(61.79% 0.093 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.6136, 23.9981, 9.0139)
Luminance	0.2400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A44 #44448A

analogous

#8A6744 #8A8A44 #678A44

triadic

#8A8A44 #448A8A #8A448A

tetradic

#8A8A44 #448A67 #44448A #8A4467

square

#8A8A44 #448A67 #44448A #8A4467

split-complementary

#8A8A44 #44678A #67448A

monochromatic

#38381C #616130 #8A8A44 #AFAF5C #C3C385

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8A8A44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#8A8A44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A44

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A44	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94853E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.093 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeac7a',
    500: '#8a8a44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a44;
$custom-light: #aeac7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 33.981,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61785,
    "c": 0.09273,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A44

secondary

#7C7CAE

accent

#5ECA5E

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4EE

border

#CFCEC9

text

#101009

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A44

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

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