#8A8D36#8A8D36

#8A8D36 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.110 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8D36
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 54)
HSL	hsl(62, 45%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 61.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.80, -13.11, 44.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.80, 46.63, 106.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% -0.0394 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.11 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6725, 24.7199, 7.1717)
Luminance	0.2472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8D36 #39368D

analogous

#8D6436 #8A8D36 #5E8D36

triadic

#8A8D36 #368A8D #8D368A

tetradic

#8A8D36 #368D64 #39368D #8D365E

square

#8A8D36 #368D64 #39368D #8D365E

split-complementary

#8A8D36 #365E8D #64368D

monochromatic

#333414 #5F6125 #8A8D36 #B5B947 #C7CA74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#8A8D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#8A8D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8D36

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8D36	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	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)

#97872C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98893B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.110 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeae71',
    500: '#8a8d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8d36;
$custom-light: #aeae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.069,
    "s": 44.615,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62307,
    "c": 0.10983,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8D36

secondary

#6F6DB2

accent

#53D458

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8D36

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

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