#8A8A46#8A8A46

#8A8A46 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.091 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A46
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 70)
HSL	hsl(60, 33%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 49%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 49.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.11, -10.12, 36.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.11, 37.51, 105.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61.81% -0.0292 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(61.81% 0.091 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.6756, 24.0229, 9.3409)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A46 #46468A

analogous

#8A6846 #8A8A46 #688A46

triadic

#8A8A46 #468A8A #8A468A

tetradic

#8A8A46 #468A68 #46468A #8A4668

square

#8A8A46 #468A68 #46468A #8A4668

split-complementary

#8A8A46 #46688A #68468A

monochromatic

#39391D #616131 #8A8A46 #AEAE5F #C3C388

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8A8A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#8A8A46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A46

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A46	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)

#938540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.091 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeac7b',
    500: '#8a8a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a46;
$custom-light: #aeac7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 32.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61813,
    "c": 0.09059,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A46

secondary

#7E7EAE

accent

#5FC95F

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F4F4EE

border

#CECEC9

text

#101009

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A46

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

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