#8A8D39#8A8D39

#8A8D39 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.107 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8D39
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 57)
HSL	hsl(62, 42%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(62, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 59.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.83, -12.88, 43.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.83, 45.26, 106.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% -0.0385 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.107 111)
XYZ	xyz(20.7452, 24.7489, 7.5543)
Luminance	0.2475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8D39 #3C398D

analogous

#8D6639 #8A8D39 #608D39

triadic

#8A8D39 #398A8D #8D398A

tetradic

#8A8D39 #398D66 #3C398D #8D3960

square

#8A8D39 #398D66 #3C398D #8D3960

split-complementary

#8A8D39 #39608D #66398D

monochromatic

#353616 #5F6127 #8A8D39 #B3B74C #C6C878

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#8A8D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#8A8D39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8D39

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8D39	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)

#978730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.107 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeae73',
    500: '#8a8d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8d39;
$custom-light: #aeae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.143,
    "s": 42.424,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62339,
    "c": 0.10716,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.24748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8D39

secondary

#7370B2

accent

#56D25A

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8D39

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

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