#8A8A4E#8A8A4E

#8A8A4E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.082 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A4E
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 78)
HSL	hsl(60, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 43.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.22, -9.28, 32.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.22, 33.36, 106.15°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% -0.026 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.082 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9452, 24.1307, 10.7606)
Luminance	0.2413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A4E #4E4E8A

analogous

#8A6C4E #8A8A4E #6C8A4E

triadic

#8A8A4E #4E8A8A #8A4E8A

tetradic

#8A8A4E #4E8A6C #4E4E8A #8A4E6C

square

#8A8A4E #4E8A6C #4E4E8A #8A4E6C

split-complementary

#8A8A4E #4E6C8A #6C4E8A

monochromatic

#3C3C22 #636338 #8A8A4E #ABAB6A #C1C191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#8A8A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#8A8A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A4E

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A4E	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.082 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adac81',
    500: '#8a8a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a4e;
$custom-light: #adac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61933,
    "c": 0.0816,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A4E

secondary

#8686AE

accent

#64C464

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F4F4EE

border

#CECEC9

text

#10100A

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A4E

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

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