#8A8B4E#8A8B4E

#8A8B4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.083 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8B4E
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 78)
HSL	hsl(61, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(61, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 43.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.50, -9.82, 32.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.50, 33.86, 106.86°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% -0.0275 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.083 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.0893, 24.4190, 10.8086)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8B4E #4F4E8B

analogous

#8B6E4E #8A8B4E #6B8B4E

triadic

#8A8B4E #4E8A8B #8B4E8A

tetradic

#8A8B4E #4E8B6E #4F4E8B #8B4E6B

square

#8A8B4E #4E8B6E #4F4E8B #8B4E6B

split-complementary

#8A8B4E #4E6B8B #6E4E8B

monochromatic

#3C3D22 #636438 #8A8B4E #ABAC6B #C1C292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#8A8B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#8A8B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8B4E

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8B4E	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.083 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adac81',
    500: '#8a8b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8b4e;
$custom-light: #adac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.984,
    "s": 28.111,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62161,
    "c": 0.08286,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8B4E

secondary

#8787AE

accent

#63C465

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F4F4EE

border

#CECEC9

text

#10100A

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8B4E

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

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