#8A8A5F#8A8A5F

#8A8A5F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.061 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A5F
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 95)
HSL	hsl(60, 18%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 31%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 31.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.49, -7.18, 23.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.49, 24.19, 107.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% -0.0187 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.061 108)
XYZ	xyz(21.6354, 24.4068, 14.3955)
Luminance	0.2441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A5F #5F5F8A

analogous

#8A745F #8A8A5F #748A5F

triadic

#8A8A5F #5F8A8A #8A5F8A

tetradic

#8A8A5F #5F8A74 #5F5F8A #8A5F74

square

#8A8A5F #5F8A74 #5F5F8A #8A5F74

split-complementary

#8A8A5F #5F748A #745F8A

monochromatic

#42422D #666646 #8A8A5F #A7A77F #C0C0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#8A8A5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#8A8A5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A5F

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A5F	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)

#91865C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.061 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adac8d',
    500: '#8a8a5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a5f;
$custom-light: #adac8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 18.455,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62241,
    "c": 0.06055,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.24406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A5F

secondary

#9696AE

accent

#6DBB6D

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4F0

border

#CECECB

text

#10100C

muted

#7F7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A5F

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

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