#8A8E2C#8A8E2C

#8A8E2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.119 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8E2C
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 44)
HSL	hsl(62, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(62, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 69%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.01, -14.31, 49.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.01, 51.35, 106.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% -0.0439 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.119 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.6095, 24.9316, 6.1090)
Luminance	0.2493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8E2C #302C8E

analogous

#8E612C #8A8E2C #598E2C

triadic

#8A8E2C #2C8A8E #8E2C8A

tetradic

#8A8E2C #2C8E61 #302C8E #8E2C59

square

#8A8E2C #2C8E61 #302C8E #8E2C59

split-complementary

#8A8E2C #2C598E #612C8E

monochromatic

#2F310F #5D5F1E #8A8E2C #B7BD3A #CBCF65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8A8E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#8A8E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8E2C

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8E2C	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99881D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93857A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.119 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afae6b',
    500: '#8a8e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8e2c;
$custom-light: #afae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.449,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62446,
    "c": 0.11896,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8E2C

secondary

#6460B6

accent

#4CDC52

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8E2C

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

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