#8A8D38#8A8D38

#8A8D38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.108 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8D38
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(62, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 60.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.82, -12.96, 43.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.82, 45.72, 106.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% -0.0388 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.108 111)
XYZ	xyz(20.7205, 24.7390, 7.4242)
Luminance	0.2474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8D38 #3B388D

analogous

#8D6538 #8A8D38 #5F8D38

triadic

#8A8D38 #388A8D #8D388A

tetradic

#8A8D38 #388D65 #3B388D #8D385F

square

#8A8D38 #388D65 #3B388D #8D385F

split-complementary

#8A8D38 #385F8D #65388D

monochromatic

#343515 #5F6127 #8A8D38 #B4B74B #C6C977

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#8A8D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#8A8D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8D38

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8D38	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97872E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.108 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeae72',
    500: '#8a8d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8d38;
$custom-light: #aeae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.118,
    "s": 43.147,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62328,
    "c": 0.10806,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.24739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8D38

secondary

#716FB2

accent

#55D359

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8D38

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

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