#8A8A69#8A8A69

#8A8A69 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.047 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A69
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 105)
HSL	hsl(60, 14%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 24%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 23.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, -5.74, 17.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 18.65, 107.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% -0.0143 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.047 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1195, 24.6004, 16.9450)
Luminance	0.2460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A69 #69698A

analogous

#8A7969 #8A8A69 #798A69

triadic

#8A8A69 #698A8A #8A698A

tetradic

#8A8A69 #698A79 #69698A #8A6979

square

#8A8A69 #698A79 #69698A #8A6979

split-complementary

#8A8A69 #69798A #79698A

monochromatic

#444434 #67674F #8A8A69 #A6A68A #C1C1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#8A8A69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#8A8A69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A69

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A69	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908767

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90896A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F8681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.047 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acac94',
    500: '#8a8a69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a69;
$custom-light: #acac94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 13.58,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62455,
    "c": 0.04718,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A69

secondary

#9F9FB0

accent

#71B671

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F1

border

#CECECB

text

#10100D

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A69

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

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