#8A8E2E#8A8E2E

#8A8E2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.117 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8E2E
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 46)
HSL	hsl(63, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(63, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 67.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.02, -14.18, 48.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.02, 50.53, 106.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% -0.0434 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.117 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.6480, 24.9470, 6.3118)
Luminance	0.2495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8E2E #322E8E

analogous

#8E622E #8A8E2E #5A8E2E

triadic

#8A8E2E #2E8A8E #8E2E8A

tetradic

#8A8E2E #2E8E62 #322E8E #8E2E5A

square

#8A8E2E #2E8E62 #322E8E #8E2E5A

split-complementary

#8A8E2E #2E5A8E #622E8E

monochromatic

#303210 #5D601F #8A8E2E #B7BC3D #CACE68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8A8E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#8A8E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8E2E

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8E2E	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)

#998820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.117 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afae6c',
    500: '#8a8e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8e2e;
$custom-light: #afae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.5,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62463,
    "c": 0.11748,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8E2E

secondary

#6663B5

accent

#4DDB53

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8E2E

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

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