#8A8D55#8A8D55

#8A8D55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.077 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8D55
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 85)
HSL	hsl(63, 25%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(63, 40%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 39.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.18, -10.10, 29.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.18, 31.18, 108.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% -0.0277 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.077 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6460, 25.1093, 12.2988)
Luminance	0.2511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8D55 #58558D

analogous

#8D7455 #8A8D55 #6E8D55

triadic

#8A8D55 #558A8D #8D558A

tetradic

#8A8D55 #558D74 #58558D #8D556E

square

#8A8D55 #558D74 #58558D #8D556E

split-complementary

#8A8D55 #556E8D #74558D

monochromatic

#3F4127 #65673E #8A8D55 #A8AB74 #C0C29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#8A8D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#8A8D55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8D55

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8D55	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)

#958851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958A58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.077 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adae86',
    500: '#8a8d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8d55;
$custom-light: #adae86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.214,
    "s": 24.779,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62733,
    "c": 0.07716,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8D55

secondary

#908EB0

accent

#67C16B

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4EF

border

#CECECA

text

#10100B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8D55

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

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