#8A8A55#8A8A55

#8A8A55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.073 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A55
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 24%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 38%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 38.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, -8.47, 28.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 29.64, 106.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% -0.0231 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.073 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.2097, 24.2365, 12.1534)
Luminance	0.2424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A55 #55558A

analogous

#8A6F55 #8A8A55 #6F8A55

triadic

#8A8A55 #558A8A #8A558A

tetradic

#8A8A55 #558A6F #55558A #8A556F

square

#8A8A55 #558A6F #55558A #8A556F

split-complementary

#8A8A55 #556F8A #6F558A

monochromatic

#3E3E26 #64643E #8A8A55 #A9A973 #C0C099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#8A8A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#8A8A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A55

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A55	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91847D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.073 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adac85',
    500: '#8a8a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a55;
$custom-light: #adac85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 23.767,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62051,
    "c": 0.07322,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A55

secondary

#8D8DAE

accent

#68C068

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4EF

border

#CECECA

text

#10100B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A55

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

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