#8A8C2D#8A8C2D

#8A8C2D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.116 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8C2D
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 45)
HSL	hsl(61, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 67.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.44, -13.18, 48.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.44, 50.08, 105.26°)
OKLab	oklab(61.99% -0.0407 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(61.99% 0.116 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.3336, 24.3494, 6.1109)
Luminance	0.2435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8C2D #2F2D8C

analogous

#8C5F2D #8A8C2D #5B8C2D

triadic

#8A8C2D #2D8A8C #8C2D8A

tetradic

#8A8C2D #2D8C5F #2F2D8C #8C2D5B

square

#8A8C2D #2D8C5F #2F2D8C #8C2D5B

split-complementary

#8A8C2D #2D5B8C #5F2D8C

monochromatic

#2F2F0F #5C5E1E #8A8C2D #B8BA3C #CCCE66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#8A8C2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#8A8C2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8C2D

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8C2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8C2D	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)

#97861F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.116 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afad6c',
    500: '#8a8c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8c2d;
$custom-light: #afad6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.263,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61991,
    "c": 0.11599,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8C2D

secondary

#6260B4

accent

#4DDB50

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8C2D

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

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