#8A8C22#8A8C22

#8A8C22 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.123 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8C22
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 34)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(61, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 75.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, -13.78, 52.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 54.27, 104.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.91% -0.0434 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(61.91% 0.123 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1488, 24.2755, 5.1373)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8C22 #24228C

analogous

#8C5922 #8A8C22 #558C22

triadic

#8A8C22 #228A8C #8C228A

tetradic

#8A8C22 #228C59 #24228C #8C2255

square

#8A8C22 #228C59 #24228C #8C2255

split-complementary

#8A8C22 #22558C #59228C

monochromatic

#292A0A #595B16 #8A8C22 #BBBD2E #D3D553

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#8A8C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#8A8C22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8C22

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8C22	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97860B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98892B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948378

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.123 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afad66',
    500: '#8a8c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8c22;
$custom-light: #afad66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.132,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61909,
    "c": 0.12336,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8C22

secondary

#5351B9

accent

#44E447

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8C22

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

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