#8A8A49#8A8A49

#8A8A49 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.087 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A49
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 73)
HSL	hsl(60, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 47%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 47.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.15, -9.81, 34.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.15, 35.97, 105.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% -0.028 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.087 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.7727, 24.0617, 9.8522)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A49 #49498A

analogous

#8A6A49 #8A8A49 #6A8A49

triadic

#8A8A49 #498A8A #8A498A

tetradic

#8A8A49 #498A6A #49498A #8A496A

square

#8A8A49 #498A6A #49498A #8A496A

split-complementary

#8A8A49 #496A8A #6A498A

monochromatic

#3A3A1F #626234 #8A8A49 #ADAD63 #C2C28B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8A8A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#8A8A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A49

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A49	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)

#938543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94884C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.087 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adac7d',
    500: '#8a8a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a49;
$custom-light: #adac7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 30.806,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61856,
    "c": 0.0873,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A49

secondary

#8181AE

accent

#61C761

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F4F4EE

border

#CECEC9

text

#10100A

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A49

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

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