#8A8D31#8A8D31

#8A8D31 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.114 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8D31
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 49)
HSL	hsl(62, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(62, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 65.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.76, -13.46, 46.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.76, 48.83, 106.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% -0.041 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.114 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.5611, 24.6753, 6.5848)
Luminance	0.2467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8D31 #34318D

analogous

#8D6231 #8A8D31 #5C8D31

triadic

#8A8D31 #318A8D #8D318A

tetradic

#8A8D31 #318D62 #34318D #8D315C

square

#8A8D31 #318D62 #34318D #8D315C

split-complementary

#8A8D31 #315C8D #62318D

monochromatic

#313211 #5E6021 #8A8D31 #B6BA41 #C9CC6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#8A8D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#8A8D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8D31

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8D31	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.114 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afae6e',
    500: '#8a8d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8d31;
$custom-light: #afae6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.957,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62258,
    "c": 0.11401,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8D31

secondary

#6966B4

accent

#50D854

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8D31

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

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