#8A8B59#8A8B59

#8A8B59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.070 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8B59
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 22%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 36%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 36%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.67, -8.52, 26.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.67, 27.99, 107.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% -0.0229 0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.07 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.5172, 24.5901, 13.0621)
Luminance	0.2459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8B59 #5A598B

analogous

#8B7359 #8A8B59 #718B59

triadic

#8A8B59 #598A8B #8B598A

tetradic

#8A8B59 #598B73 #5A598B #8B5971

square

#8A8B59 #598B73 #5A598B #8B5971

split-complementary

#8A8B59 #59718B #73598B

monochromatic

#404029 #656641 #8A8B59 #A8A978 #C0C19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#8A8B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#8A8B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8B59

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8B59	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93895B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91857E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.070 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adac88',
    500: '#8a8b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8b59;
$custom-light: #adac88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.2,
    "s": 21.93,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62351,
    "c": 0.06955,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8B59

secondary

#9291AE

accent

#69BE6B

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4F0

border

#CECECB

text

#10100B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8B59

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

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