#8A8D49#8A8D49

#8A8D49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.091 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8D49
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 73)
HSL	hsl(63, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(63, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 48.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.01, -11.43, 35.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.01, 37.44, 107.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% -0.0326 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.091 111)
XYZ	xyz(21.2091, 24.9345, 9.9976)
Luminance	0.2493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8D49 #4C498D

analogous

#8D6E49 #8A8D49 #688D49

triadic

#8A8D49 #498A8D #8D498A

tetradic

#8A8D49 #498D6E #4C498D #8D4968

square

#8A8D49 #498D6E #4C498D #8D4968

split-complementary

#8A8D49 #49688D #6E498D

monochromatic

#3B3C1F #636534 #8A8D49 #ACAF64 #C1C48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8A8D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#8A8D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8D49

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8D49	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978A4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92867D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.091 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adae7d',
    500: '#8a8d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8d49;
$custom-light: #adae7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.647,
    "s": 31.776,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62543,
    "c": 0.09104,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.24934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8D49

secondary

#8482B0

accent

#60C864

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F4F4EE

border

#CECEC9

text

#10100A

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8D49

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

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