#8A8E28#8A8E28

#8A8E28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.122 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8E28
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 40)
HSL	hsl(62, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 71.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.98, -14.53, 50.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.98, 52.91, 105.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% -0.045 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.122 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5379, 24.9030, 5.7319)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8E28 #2C288E

analogous

#8E5F28 #8A8E28 #578E28

triadic

#8A8E28 #288A8E #8E288A

tetradic

#8A8E28 #288E5F #2C288E #8E2857

square

#8A8E28 #288E5F #2C288E #8E2857

split-complementary

#8A8E28 #28578E #5F288E

monochromatic

#2D2F0D #5C5E1B #8A8E28 #B8BE35 #CDD25F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8A8E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#8A8E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8E28

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8E28	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)

#998717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94857A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.122 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afae69',
    500: '#8a8e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8e28;
$custom-light: #afae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.353,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62415,
    "c": 0.12176,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8E28

secondary

#5E5BB7

accent

#48DF4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8E28

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

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