#8A8B22#8A8B22

#8A8B22 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.122 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8B22
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 34)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(61, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, -13.25, 52.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 53.88, 104.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% -0.0419 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.122 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.0033, 23.9846, 5.0888)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8B22 #23228B

analogous

#8B5822 #8A8B22 #568B22

triadic

#8A8B22 #228A8B #8B228A

tetradic

#8A8B22 #228B58 #23228B #8B2256

square

#8A8B22 #228B58 #23228B #8B2256

split-complementary

#8A8B22 #22568B #58228B

monochromatic

#28290A #595A16 #8A8B22 #BBBC2E #D4D553

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8A8B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#8A8B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8B22

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8B22	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96850B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98882A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.122 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afac66',
    500: '#8a8b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8b22;
$custom-light: #afac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.571,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61677,
    "c": 0.1223,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8B22

secondary

#5150B8

accent

#44E445

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8B22

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

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