#8A8A50#8A8A50

#8A8A50 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.079 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A50
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 80)
HSL	hsl(60, 27%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 42%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 42%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, -9.05, 31.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 32.31, 106.28°)
OKLab	oklab(61.97% -0.0251 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(61.97% 0.079 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.0180, 24.1599, 11.1440)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A50 #50508A

analogous

#8A6D50 #8A8A50 #6D8A50

triadic

#8A8A50 #508A8A #8A508A

tetradic

#8A8A50 #508A6D #50508A #8A506D

square

#8A8A50 #508A6D #50508A #8A506D

split-complementary

#8A8A50 #506D8A #6D508A

monochromatic

#3D3D23 #63633A #8A8A50 #AAAA6D #C1C194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#8A8A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#8A8A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A50

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A50	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)

#93864B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.079 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adac82',
    500: '#8a8a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a50;
$custom-light: #adac82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 26.606,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61966,
    "c": 0.07925,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A50

secondary

#8888AE

accent

#65C365

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4EF

border

#CECECA

text

#10100A

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A50

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

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