#8A8E31#8A8E31

#8A8E31 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.115 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8E31
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 49)
HSL	hsl(63, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(63, 65%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 65.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.05, -13.99, 47.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.05, 49.27, 106.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% -0.0425 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.115 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.7092, 24.9715, 6.6342)
Luminance	0.2497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8E31 #35318E

analogous

#8E6431 #8A8E31 #5B8E31

triadic

#8A8E31 #318A8E #8E318A

tetradic

#8A8E31 #318E64 #35318E #8E315B

square

#8A8E31 #318E64 #35318E #8E315B

split-complementary

#8A8E31 #315B8E #64318E

monochromatic

#323312 #5E6121 #8A8E31 #B6BB41 #C8CD6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#8A8E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#8A8E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8E31

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8E31	1.00	3.50	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.50	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)

#998825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.115 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afae6e',
    500: '#8a8e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8e31;
$custom-light: #afae6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.581,
    "s": 48.691,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6249,
    "c": 0.11516,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8E31

secondary

#6A67B4

accent

#50D855

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8E31

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

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