#8A8E24#8A8E24

#8A8E24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.124 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8E24
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 36)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(62, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 74.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.96, -14.74, 52.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.96, 54.38, 105.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% -0.0459 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.124 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4733, 24.8772, 5.3920)
Luminance	0.2488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8E24 #28248E

analogous

#8E5D24 #8A8E24 #558E24

triadic

#8A8E24 #248A8E #8E248A

tetradic

#8A8E24 #248E5D #28248E #8E2455

square

#8A8E24 #248E5D #28248E #8E2455

split-complementary

#8A8E24 #24558E #5D248E

monochromatic

#2B2C0B #5B5D18 #8A8E24 #B9BF30 #D0D558

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8A8E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#8A8E24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8E24

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8E24	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99870E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94857A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.124 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afae67',
    500: '#8a8e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8e24;
$custom-light: #afae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.264,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62387,
    "c": 0.12431,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8E24

secondary

#5955B9

accent

#45E34B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8E24

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

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