#8A8A48#8A8A48

#8A8A48 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.088 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A48
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 72)
HSL	hsl(60, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 48%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 47.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, -9.92, 35.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 36.49, 105.77°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% -0.0284 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.088 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.7398, 24.0486, 9.6789)
Luminance	0.2405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A48 #48488A

analogous

#8A6948 #8A8A48 #698A48

triadic

#8A8A48 #488A8A #8A488A

tetradic

#8A8A48 #488A69 #48488A #8A4869

square

#8A8A48 #488A69 #48488A #8A4869

split-complementary

#8A8A48 #48698A #69488A

monochromatic

#3A3A1E #626233 #8A8A48 #ADAD62 #C2C28A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8A8A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#8A8A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A48

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A48	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94884B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.088 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeac7c',
    500: '#8a8a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a48;
$custom-light: #aeac7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 31.429,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61841,
    "c": 0.0884,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A48

secondary

#8080AE

accent

#60C860

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F4F4EE

border

#CECEC9

text

#10100A

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A48

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

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