#8A8E23#8A8E23

#8A8E23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.125 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8E23
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 35)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(62, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.95, -14.79, 52.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.95, 54.73, 105.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% -0.0462 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.125 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4583, 24.8711, 5.3127)
Luminance	0.2487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8E23 #27238E

analogous

#8E5D23 #8A8E23 #558E23

triadic

#8A8E23 #238A8E #8E238A

tetradic

#8A8E23 #238E5D #27238E #8E2355

square

#8A8E23 #238E5D #27238E #8E2355

split-complementary

#8A8E23 #23558E #5D238E

monochromatic

#2B2C0B #5A5D17 #8A8E23 #BABF2F #D1D556

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#8A8E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#8A8E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8E23

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8E23	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99870C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94857A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.125 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afae67',
    500: '#8a8e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8e23;
$custom-light: #afae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.243,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6238,
    "c": 0.12491,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8E23

secondary

#5753B9

accent

#44E44A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8E23

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

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