#8A8E2A#8A8E2A

#8A8E2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.120 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8E2A
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 42)
HSL	hsl(62, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(62, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 70.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.99, -14.42, 50.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.99, 52.14, 106.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% -0.0445 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.12 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5728, 24.9169, 5.9158)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8E2A #2E2A8E

analogous

#8E602A #8A8E2A #588E2A

triadic

#8A8E2A #2A8A8E #8E2A8A

tetradic

#8A8E2A #2A8E60 #2E2A8E #8E2A58

square

#8A8E2A #2A8E60 #2E2A8E #8E2A58

split-complementary

#8A8E2A #2A588E #602A8E

monochromatic

#2E300E #5C5F1C #8A8E2A #B8BD38 #CCD162

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8A8E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#8A8E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8E2A

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8E2A	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)

#99871A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94857A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.120 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afae6a',
    500: '#8a8e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8e2a;
$custom-light: #afae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.4,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6243,
    "c": 0.12039,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8E2A

secondary

#615DB6

accent

#4ADE50

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8E2A

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

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