#8A8E29#8A8E29

#8A8E29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.121 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8E29
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 41)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 71.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.99, -14.48, 50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.99, 52.53, 106.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% -0.0447 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.121 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5551, 24.9099, 5.8227)
Luminance	0.2491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8E29 #2D298E

analogous

#8E5F29 #8A8E29 #578E29

triadic

#8A8E29 #298A8E #8E298A

tetradic

#8A8E29 #298E5F #2D298E #8E2957

square

#8A8E29 #298E5F #2D298E #8E2957

split-complementary

#8A8E29 #29578E #5F298E

monochromatic

#2E2F0E #5C5F1B #8A8E29 #B8BD37 #CDD160

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8A8E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#8A8E29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8E29

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8E29	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)

#998718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94857A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.121 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afae6a',
    500: '#8a8e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8e29;
$custom-light: #afae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.376,
    "s": 55.191,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62423,
    "c": 0.12108,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8E29

secondary

#605CB7

accent

#49DF4F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8E29

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

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