#8A8A5E#8A8A5E

#8A8A5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.062 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A5E
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 94)
HSL	hsl(60, 19%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 32%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 31.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.47, -7.31, 23.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.47, 24.74, 107.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% -0.0192 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.062 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.5902, 24.3887, 14.1576)
Luminance	0.2439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A5E #5E5E8A

analogous

#8A745E #8A8A5E #748A5E

triadic

#8A8A5E #5E8A8A #8A5E8A

tetradic

#8A8A5E #5E8A74 #5E5E8A #8A5E74

square

#8A8A5E #5E8A74 #5E5E8A #8A5E74

split-complementary

#8A8A5E #5E748A #745E8A

monochromatic

#41412C #666645 #8A8A5E #A7A77E #C0C0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#8A8A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#8A8A5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A5E

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A5E	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91865B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.062 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adac8c',
    500: '#8a8a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a5e;
$custom-light: #adac8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 18.966,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62221,
    "c": 0.06185,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A5E

secondary

#9696AE

accent

#6CBC6C

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4F0

border

#CECECB

text

#10100C

muted

#7F7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A5E

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

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