#8A8A56#8A8A56

#8A8A56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.072 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A56
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 23%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 38%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 37.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, -8.34, 27.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 29.10, 106.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% -0.0226 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.072 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.2497, 24.2525, 12.3641)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A56 #56568A

analogous

#8A7056 #8A8A56 #708A56

triadic

#8A8A56 #568A8A #8A568A

tetradic

#8A8A56 #568A70 #56568A #8A5670

square

#8A8A56 #568A70 #56568A #8A5670

split-complementary

#8A8A56 #56708A #70568A

monochromatic

#3F3F27 #64643F #8A8A56 #A9A975 #C0C09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#8A8A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#8A8A56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A56

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A56	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)

#928652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91847D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.072 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adac86',
    500: '#8a8a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a56;
$custom-light: #adac86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 23.214,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62069,
    "c": 0.07199,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A56

secondary

#8E8EAE

accent

#68C068

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4EF

border

#CECECA

text

#10100B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A56

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

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