#8A8D22#8A8D22

#8A8D22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.124 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8D22
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 34)
HSL	hsl(62, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(62, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 75.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.65, -14.31, 52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.65, 54.67, 105.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% -0.0449 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.124 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.2955, 24.5691, 5.1863)
Luminance	0.2457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8D22 #25228D

analogous

#8D5B22 #8A8D22 #558D22

triadic

#8A8D22 #228A8D #8D228A

tetradic

#8A8D22 #228D5B #25228D #8D2255

square

#8A8D22 #228D5B #25228D #8D2255

split-complementary

#8A8D22 #22558D #5B228D

monochromatic

#292A0A #5A5C16 #8A8D22 #BABE2E #D2D654

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#8A8D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#8A8D22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8D22

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8D22	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98860A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99892B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.124 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afae66',
    500: '#8a8d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8d22;
$custom-light: #afae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.682,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62141,
    "c": 0.12443,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8D22

secondary

#5451B9

accent

#44E448

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8D22

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

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