#8A8C2B#8A8C2B

#8A8C2B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.117 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8C2B
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 43)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 69.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.42, -13.30, 49.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.42, 50.90, 105.15°)
OKLab	oklab(61.97% -0.0412 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(61.97% 0.117 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.2960, 24.3344, 5.9129)
Luminance	0.2433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8C2B #2D2B8C

analogous

#8C5D2B #8A8C2B #598C2B

triadic

#8A8C2B #2B8A8C #8C2B8A

tetradic

#8A8C2B #2B8C5D #2D2B8C #8C2B59

square

#8A8C2B #2B8C5D #2D2B8C #8C2B59

split-complementary

#8A8C2B #2B598C #5D2B8C

monochromatic

#2E2E0E #5C5D1D #8A8C2B #B8BB39 #CDCF62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#8A8C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#8A8C2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8C2B

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8C2B	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97861C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.117 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afad6b',
    500: '#8a8c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8c2b;
$custom-light: #afad6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.237,
    "s": 53.005,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61974,
    "c": 0.11747,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8C2B

secondary

#605EB5

accent

#4BDC4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8C2B

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

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