#8A8D53#8A8D53

#8A8D53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.080 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8D53
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 83)
HSL	hsl(63, 26%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(63, 41%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 41.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.15, -10.34, 30.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.15, 32.24, 108.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% -0.0286 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.08 111)
XYZ	xyz(21.5677, 25.0779, 11.8863)
Luminance	0.2508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8D53 #56538D

analogous

#8D7353 #8A8D53 #6D8D53

triadic

#8A8D53 #538A8D #8D538A

tetradic

#8A8D53 #538D73 #56538D #8D536D

square

#8A8D53 #538D73 #56538D #8D536D

split-complementary

#8A8D53 #536D8D #73538D

monochromatic

#3F4026 #64663C #8A8D53 #A9AC71 #C0C298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#8A8D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#8A8D53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8D53

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8D53	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95884F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968A56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.080 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adae84',
    500: '#8a8d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8d53;
$custom-light: #adae84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.103,
    "s": 25.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62699,
    "c": 0.07957,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.25078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8D53

secondary

#8E8CB0

accent

#66C26A

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4EF

border

#CECECA

text

#10100B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8D53

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

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