#8A8C2E#8A8C2E

#8A8C2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.115 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8C2E
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 46)
HSL	hsl(61, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(61, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 67.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.44, -13.12, 47.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.44, 49.67, 105.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62% -0.0404 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.115 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.3531, 24.3572, 6.2135)
Luminance	0.2436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8C2E #302E8C

analogous

#8C5F2E #8A8C2E #5B8C2E

triadic

#8A8C2E #2E8A8C #8C2E8A

tetradic

#8A8C2E #2E8C5F #302E8C #8C2E5B

square

#8A8C2E #2E8C5F #302E8C #8C2E5B

split-complementary

#8A8C2E #2E5B8C #5F2E8C

monochromatic

#2F3010 #5D5E1F #8A8C2E #B7BA3D #CBCD67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#8A8C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#8A8C2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8C2E

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8C2E	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)

#978621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.115 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afad6c',
    500: '#8a8c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8c2e;
$custom-light: #afad6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.277,
    "s": 50.538,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62,
    "c": 0.11524,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8C2E

secondary

#6462B4

accent

#4EDA51

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8C2E

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

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