#8A8A61#8A8A61

#8A8A61 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.058 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A61
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 17%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 30%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 29.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.53, -6.90, 22.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.53, 23.09, 107.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% -0.0179 0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.058 108)
XYZ	xyz(21.7275, 24.4436, 14.8805)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A61 #61618A

analogous

#8A7561 #8A8A61 #758A61

triadic

#8A8A61 #618A8A #8A618A

tetradic

#8A8A61 #618A75 #61618A #8A6175

square

#8A8A61 #618A75 #61618A #8A6175

split-complementary

#8A8A61 #61758A #75618A

monochromatic

#42422E #666648 #8A8A61 #A7A781 #C0C0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#8A8A61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#8A8A61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A61

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A61	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91875E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.058 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acac8e',
    500: '#8a8a61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a61;
$custom-light: #acac8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 17.447,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62281,
    "c": 0.05793,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.24443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A61

secondary

#9898AF

accent

#6EBA6E

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4F0

border

#CECECB

text

#10100C

muted

#7F7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A61

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

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