#8A8E33#8A8E33

#8A8E33 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	#8A8E33
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 51)
HSL	hsl(63, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(63, 64%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 64.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, -13.85, 46.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 48.41, 106.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% -0.0419 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.114 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.7524, 24.9888, 6.8615)
Luminance	0.2499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8E33 #37338E

analogous

#8E6433 #8A8E33 #5D8E33

triadic

#8A8E33 #338A8E #8E338A

tetradic

#8A8E33 #338E64 #37338E #8E335D

square

#8A8E33 #338E64 #37338E #8E335D

split-complementary

#8A8E33 #335D8E #64338E

monochromatic

#323413 #5E6123 #8A8E33 #B6BB43 #C8CC70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#8A8E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#8A8E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8E33

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8E33	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)

#998828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93867B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.114 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afae6f',
    500: '#8a8e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8e33;
$custom-light: #afae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.637,
    "s": 47.15,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62509,
    "c": 0.11353,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8E33

secondary

#6D69B4

accent

#51D757

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8E33

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

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