#8A8D23#8A8D23

#8A8D23 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	#8A8D23
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 35)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(62, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 75.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.66, -14.26, 52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.66, 54.32, 105.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% -0.0447 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.124 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3102, 24.5749, 5.2633)
Luminance	0.2457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8D23 #26238D

analogous

#8D5B23 #8A8D23 #558D23

triadic

#8A8D23 #238A8D #8D238A

tetradic

#8A8D23 #238D5B #26238D #8D2355

square

#8A8D23 #238D5B #26238D #8D2355

split-complementary

#8A8D23 #23558D #5B238D

monochromatic

#2A2B0B #5A5C17 #8A8D23 #BABE2F #D1D555

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#8A8D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#8A8D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8D23

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8D23	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)

#98860D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99892C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.124 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afae66',
    500: '#8a8d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8d23;
$custom-light: #afae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.698,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62148,
    "c": 0.12384,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8D23

secondary

#5653B9

accent

#44E349

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8D23

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

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