#8A8B2E#8A8B2E

#8A8B2E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.114 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8B2E
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 46)
HSL	hsl(61, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(61, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 66.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.15, -12.59, 47.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.15, 49.24, 104.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.77% -0.0389 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(61.77% 0.114 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.2076, 24.0663, 6.1650)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8B2E #2F2E8B

analogous

#8B5E2E #8A8B2E #5C8B2E

triadic

#8A8B2E #2E8A8B #8B2E8A

tetradic

#8A8B2E #2E8B5E #2F2E8B #8B2E5C

square

#8A8B2E #2E8B5E #2F2E8B #8B2E5C

split-complementary

#8A8B2E #2E5C8B #5E2E8B

monochromatic

#2F2F10 #5C5D1F #8A8B2E #B8B93D #CCCD67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8A8B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#8A8B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8B2E

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8B2E	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.114 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afac6c',
    500: '#8a8b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8b2e;
$custom-light: #afac6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.645,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61768,
    "c": 0.11413,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8B2E

secondary

#6261B3

accent

#4EDA50

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8B2E

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

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