#8A8A57#8A8A57

#8A8A57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.071 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A57
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 23%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 37%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 37%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, -8.22, 27.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 28.56, 106.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.09% -0.0222 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(62.09% 0.071 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.2902, 24.2688, 12.5778)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A57 #57578A

analogous

#8A7157 #8A8A57 #718A57

triadic

#8A8A57 #578A8A #8A578A

tetradic

#8A8A57 #578A71 #57578A #8A5771

square

#8A8A57 #578A71 #57578A #8A5771

split-complementary

#8A8A57 #57718A #71578A

monochromatic

#3F3F28 #64643F #8A8A57 #A8A876 #C0C09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#8A8A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#8A8A57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A57

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A57	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)

#928653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91847D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.071 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adac87',
    500: '#8a8a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a57;
$custom-light: #adac87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 22.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62087,
    "c": 0.07075,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A57

secondary

#8F8FAE

accent

#69BF69

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4EF

border

#CECECA

text

#10100B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A57

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

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