#8A8A65#8A8A65

#8A8A65 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.053 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A65
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 101)
HSL	hsl(60, 15%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 27%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 26.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.60, -6.34, 19.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.60, 20.87, 107.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% -0.0161 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.053 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.9187, 24.5201, 15.8876)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A65 #65658A

analogous

#8A7865 #8A8A65 #788A65

triadic

#8A8A65 #658A8A #8A658A

tetradic

#8A8A65 #658A78 #65658A #8A6578

square

#8A8A65 #658A78 #65658A #8A6578

split-complementary

#8A8A65 #65788A #78658A

monochromatic

#434331 #67674B #8A8A65 #A6A686 #C0C0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#8A8A65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#8A8A65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A65

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A65	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908763

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F8580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.053 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acac91',
    500: '#8a8a65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a65;
$custom-light: #acac91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 15.481,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62366,
    "c": 0.0526,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A65

secondary

#9C9CAF

accent

#70B870

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4F0

border

#CECECB

text

#10100C

muted

#7F7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A65

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

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