#8A8D40#8A8D40

#8A8D40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.100 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8D40
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(62, 55%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 54.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.90, -12.29, 40.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.90, 41.93, 107.05°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% -0.036 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.1 111)
XYZ	xyz(20.9320, 24.8236, 8.5383)
Luminance	0.2482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8D40 #43408D

analogous

#8D6A40 #8A8D40 #638D40

triadic

#8A8D40 #408A8D #8D408A

tetradic

#8A8D40 #408D6A #43408D #8D4063

square

#8A8D40 #408D6A #43408D #8D4063

split-complementary

#8A8D40 #40638D #6A408D

monochromatic

#38391A #61632D #8A8D40 #AFB357 #C3C681

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#8A8D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#8A8D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8D40

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8D40	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978A44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92857C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.100 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeae77',
    500: '#8a8d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8d40;
$custom-light: #aeae77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.338,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62421,
    "c": 0.10048,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.24823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8D40

secondary

#7B78B0

accent

#5ACE5F

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4ED

border

#CFCEC8

text

#101009

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8D40

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

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