#8A8A5B#8A8A5B

#8A8A5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.066 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A5B
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 21%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 34%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 34.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.42, -7.71, 25.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.42, 26.38, 107.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% -0.0205 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.066 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4582, 24.3359, 13.4624)
Luminance	0.2434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A5B #5B5B8A

analogous

#8A735B #8A8A5B #738A5B

triadic

#8A8A5B #5B8A8A #8A5B8A

tetradic

#8A8A5B #5B8A73 #5B5B8A #8A5B73

square

#8A8A5B #5B8A73 #5B5B8A #8A5B73

split-complementary

#8A8A5B #5B738A #735B8A

monochromatic

#40402A #656543 #8A8A5B #A8A87B #C0C09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#8A8A5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#8A8A5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A5B

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A5B	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92885D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90847E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.066 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adac8a',
    500: '#8a8a5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a5b;
$custom-light: #adac8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 20.524,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62162,
    "c": 0.06571,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A5B

secondary

#9393AE

accent

#6BBD6B

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4F0

border

#CECECB

text

#10100B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A5B

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

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