#8A8D29#8A8D29

#8A8D29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.120 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8D29
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 41)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 70.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.70, -13.95, 50.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.70, 52.11, 105.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% -0.0432 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.12 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.4070, 24.6136, 5.7733)
Luminance	0.2461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8D29 #2C298D

analogous

#8D5E29 #8A8D29 #588D29

triadic

#8A8D29 #298A8D #8D298A

tetradic

#8A8D29 #298D5E #2C298D #8D2958

square

#8A8D29 #298D5E #2C298D #8D2958

split-complementary

#8A8D29 #29588D #5E298D

monochromatic

#2D2E0D #5C5E1B #8A8D29 #B8BC37 #CDD160

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#8A8D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#8A8D29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8D29

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8D29	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.120 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afae6a',
    500: '#8a8d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8d29;
$custom-light: #afae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.8,
    "s": 54.945,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6219,
    "c": 0.11997,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8D29

secondary

#5E5BB6

accent

#4ADE4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8D29

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

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