#8A8E2F#8A8E2F

#8A8E2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; 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	#8A8E2F
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 47)
HSL	hsl(63, 50%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(63, 67%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 66.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.03, -14.12, 48.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.03, 50.12, 106.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% -0.0431 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.117 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.6679, 24.9550, 6.4168)
Luminance	0.2495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8E2F #332F8E

analogous

#8E632F #8A8E2F #5B8E2F

triadic

#8A8E2F #2F8A8E #8E2F8A

tetradic

#8A8E2F #2F8E63 #332F8E #8E2F5B

square

#8A8E2F #2F8E63 #332F8E #8E2F5B

split-complementary

#8A8E2F #2F5B8E #632F8E

monochromatic

#313211 #5D6020 #8A8E2F #B7BC3E #C9CE6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8A8E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#8A8E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8E2F

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8E2F	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)

#998822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.117 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afae6d',
    500: '#8a8e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8e2f;
$custom-light: #afae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.526,
    "s": 50.265,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62472,
    "c": 0.11672,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8E2F

secondary

#6764B5

accent

#4EDA54

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8E2F

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

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