#8A8E37#8A8E37

#8A8E37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.110 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8E37
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 55)
HSL	hsl(63, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(63, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 61.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.10, -13.56, 44.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.10, 46.63, 106.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% -0.0406 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.11 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8444, 25.0256, 7.3461)
Luminance	0.2502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8E37 #3B378E

analogous

#8E6637 #8A8E37 #5E8E37

triadic

#8A8E37 #378A8E #8E378A

tetradic

#8A8E37 #378E66 #3B378E #8E375E

square

#8A8E37 #378E66 #3B378E #8E375E

split-complementary

#8A8E37 #375E8E #66378E

monochromatic

#343615 #5F6226 #8A8E37 #B4B949 #C6CA76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#8A8E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#8A8E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8E37

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8E37	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)

#98882D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93867C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.110 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeae72',
    500: '#8a8e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8e37;
$custom-light: #aeae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.759,
    "s": 44.162,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62549,
    "c": 0.11013,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8E37

secondary

#716EB3

accent

#54D45A

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8E37

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

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