#8A8D4E#8A8D4E

#8A8D4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.085 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8D4E
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 78)
HSL	hsl(63, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(63, 45%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 44.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.08, -10.90, 33.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.08, 34.86, 108.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.62% -0.0306 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(62.62% 0.085 111)
XYZ	xyz(21.3816, 25.0035, 10.9060)
Luminance	0.2500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8D4E #514E8D

analogous

#8D704E #8A8D4E #6A8D4E

triadic

#8A8D4E #4E8A8D #8D4E8A

tetradic

#8A8D4E #4E8D70 #514E8D #8D4E6A

square

#8A8D4E #4E8D70 #514E8D #8D4E6A

split-complementary

#8A8D4E #4E6A8D #704E8D

monochromatic

#3D3E22 #636638 #8A8D4E #AAAD6B #C1C392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#8A8D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#8A8D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8D4E

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8D4E	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968A51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.085 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adae81',
    500: '#8a8d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8d4e;
$custom-light: #adae81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.857,
    "s": 28.767,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62618,
    "c": 0.08542,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.25003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8D4E

secondary

#8987AF

accent

#63C567

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F4F4EE

border

#CECEC9

text

#10100A

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8D4E

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

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