#8A8D2E#8A8D2E

#8A8D2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.116 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8D2E
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 46)
HSL	hsl(62, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(62, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 67.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.73, -13.65, 48.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.73, 50.10, 105.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% -0.0419 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.116 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.4999, 24.6508, 6.2624)
Luminance	0.2465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8D2E #312E8D

analogous

#8D612E #8A8D2E #5B8D2E

triadic

#8A8D2E #2E8A8D #8D2E8A

tetradic

#8A8D2E #2E8D61 #312E8D #8D2E5B

square

#8A8D2E #2E8D61 #312E8D #8D2E5B

split-complementary

#8A8D2E #2E5B8D #612E8D

monochromatic

#303110 #5D5F1F #8A8D2E #B7BB3D #CACE68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#8A8D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#8A8D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8D2E

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8D2E	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.116 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afae6c',
    500: '#8a8d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8d2e;
$custom-light: #afae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.895,
    "s": 50.802,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62231,
    "c": 0.11635,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8D2E

secondary

#6562B5

accent

#4EDA52

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8D2E

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

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