#8A8B31#8A8B31

#8A8B31 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.112 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8B31
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 49)
HSL	hsl(61, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(61, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 64.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.18, -12.39, 46.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.18, 47.96, 104.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% -0.038 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.112 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.2689, 24.0908, 6.4874)
Luminance	0.2409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8B31 #32318B

analogous

#8B5F31 #8A8B31 #5D8B31

triadic

#8A8B31 #318A8B #8B318A

tetradic

#8A8B31 #318B5F #32318B #8B315D

square

#8A8B31 #318B5F #32318B #8B315D

split-complementary

#8A8B31 #315D8B #5F318B

monochromatic

#303111 #5D5E21 #8A8B31 #B7B841 #CACB6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8A8B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#8A8B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8B31

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8B31	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.112 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afac6e',
    500: '#8a8b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8b31;
$custom-light: #afac6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.667,
    "s": 47.872,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61796,
    "c": 0.11176,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8B31

secondary

#6665B2

accent

#50D752

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8B31

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

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