#8A8E32#8A8E32

#8A8E32 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.114 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8E32
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 50)
HSL	hsl(63, 48%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(63, 65%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 64.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, -13.92, 46.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 48.84, 106.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% -0.0422 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.114 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.7305, 24.9800, 6.7466)
Luminance	0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8E32 #36328E

analogous

#8E6432 #8A8E32 #5C8E32

triadic

#8A8E32 #328A8E #8E328A

tetradic

#8A8E32 #328E64 #36328E #8E325C

square

#8A8E32 #328E64 #36328E #8E325C

split-complementary

#8A8E32 #325C8E #64328E

monochromatic

#323312 #5E6122 #8A8E32 #B6BB42 #C8CC6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#8A8E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#8A8E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8E32

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8E32	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93867B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.114 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afae6f',
    500: '#8a8e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8e32;
$custom-light: #afae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.609,
    "s": 47.917,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62499,
    "c": 0.11435,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8E32

secondary

#6B68B4

accent

#50D856

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8E32

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

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