#8A8A62#8A8A62

#8A8A62 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.057 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A62
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 98)
HSL	hsl(60, 17%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 29%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 29%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.55, -6.76, 21.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.55, 22.54, 107.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% -0.0174 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.057 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7744, 24.4624, 15.1276)
Luminance	0.2446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A62 #62628A

analogous

#8A7662 #8A8A62 #768A62

triadic

#8A8A62 #628A8A #8A628A

tetradic

#8A8A62 #628A76 #62628A #8A6276

square

#8A8A62 #628A76 #62628A #8A6276

split-complementary

#8A8A62 #62768A #76628A

monochromatic

#42422F #666649 #8A8A62 #A7A783 #C0C0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#8A8A62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#8A8A62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A62

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A62	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	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)

#91875F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.057 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acac8f',
    500: '#8a8a62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a62;
$custom-light: #acac8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 16.949,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62302,
    "c": 0.0566,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A62

secondary

#9999AF

accent

#6EBA6E

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4F0

border

#CECECB

text

#10100C

muted

#7F7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A62

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

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