#8A8B36#8A8B36

#8A8B36 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.108 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8B36
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 54)
HSL	hsl(61, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 61.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.22, -12.04, 44.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.22, 45.73, 105.26°)
OKLab	oklab(61.85% -0.0364 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(61.85% 0.108 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.3803, 24.1354, 7.0743)
Luminance	0.2414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8B36 #37368B

analogous

#8B6136 #8A8B36 #5F8B36

triadic

#8A8B36 #368A8B #8B368A

tetradic

#8A8B36 #368B61 #37368B #8B365F

square

#8A8B36 #368B61 #37368B #8B365F

split-complementary

#8A8B36 #365F8B #61368B

monochromatic

#323314 #5E5F25 #8A8B36 #B6B747 #C8C973

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#8A8B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#8A8B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8B36

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8B36	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96852C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96883B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.108 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeac71',
    500: '#8a8b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8b36;
$custom-light: #aeac71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.706,
    "s": 44.041,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61845,
    "c": 0.10752,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8B36

secondary

#6D6CB1

accent

#54D456

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8B36

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

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