#8A8A51#8A8A51

#8A8A51 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.078 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A51
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 26%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 41%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 41.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.26, -8.94, 30.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.26, 31.78, 106.34°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% -0.0247 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.078 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.0552, 24.1747, 11.3400)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A51 #51518A

analogous

#8A6D51 #8A8A51 #6D8A51

triadic

#8A8A51 #518A8A #8A518A

tetradic

#8A8A51 #518A6D #51518A #8A516D

square

#8A8A51 #518A6D #51518A #8A516D

split-complementary

#8A8A51 #516D8A #6D518A

monochromatic

#3D3D24 #63633A #8A8A51 #AAAA6E #C1C195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#8A8A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#8A8A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A51

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A51	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)

#92864D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.078 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adac83',
    500: '#8a8a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a51;
$custom-light: #adac83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 26.027,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61982,
    "c": 0.07806,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A51

secondary

#8989AE

accent

#65C265

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4EF

border

#CECECA

text

#10100A

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A51

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

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