#8A8E2B#8A8E2B

#8A8E2B is a light, moderate 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	#8A8E2B
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 43)
HSL	hsl(62, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(62, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 69.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.00, -14.37, 49.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.00, 51.74, 106.12°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% -0.0442 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.12 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5909, 24.9242, 6.0112)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8E2B #2F2B8E

analogous

#8E612B #8A8E2B #598E2B

triadic

#8A8E2B #2B8A8E #8E2B8A

tetradic

#8A8E2B #2B8E61 #2F2B8E #8E2B59

square

#8A8E2B #2B8E61 #2F2B8E #8E2B59

split-complementary

#8A8E2B #2B598E #612B8E

monochromatic

#2F300F #5C5F1D #8A8E2B #B8BD39 #CCD063

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8A8E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#8A8E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8E2B

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8E2B	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)

#99871C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94857A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.120 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afae6b',
    500: '#8a8e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8e2b;
$custom-light: #afae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.424,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62438,
    "c": 0.11969,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8E2B

secondary

#625FB6

accent

#4BDD51

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8E2B

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

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