#8A8A5D#8A8A5D

#8A8A5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.063 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A5D
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 93)
HSL	hsl(60, 19%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 33%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 32.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.46, -7.45, 24.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.46, 25.29, 107.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% -0.0196 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.063 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.5456, 24.3709, 13.9229)
Luminance	0.2437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A5D #5D5D8A

analogous

#8A735D #8A8A5D #738A5D

triadic

#8A8A5D #5D8A8A #8A5D8A

tetradic

#8A8A5D #5D8A73 #5D5D8A #8A5D73

square

#8A8A5D #5D8A73 #5D5D8A #8A5D73

split-complementary

#8A8A5D #5D738A #735D8A

monochromatic

#41412C #656544 #8A8A5D #A7A77D #C0C0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#8A8A5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#8A8A5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A5D

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A5D	1.00	3.57	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.57	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)

#91865A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92885F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90857E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.063 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adac8b',
    500: '#8a8a5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a5d;
$custom-light: #adac8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 19.481,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62201,
    "c": 0.06314,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A5D

secondary

#9595AE

accent

#6CBC6C

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4F0

border

#CECECB

text

#10100C

muted

#7F7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A5D

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

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