#8A8E39#8A8E39

#8A8E39 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.108 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8E39
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 57)
HSL	hsl(63, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(63, 60%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 59.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.12, -13.41, 43.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.12, 45.72, 107.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% -0.04 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.108 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8933, 25.0451, 7.6037)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8E39 #3D398E

analogous

#8E6839 #8A8E39 #608E39

triadic

#8A8E39 #398A8E #8E398A

tetradic

#8A8E39 #398E68 #3D398E #8E3960

square

#8A8E39 #398E68 #3D398E #8E3960

split-complementary

#8A8E39 #39608E #68398E

monochromatic

#353716 #606227 #8A8E39 #B2B74D #C5C978

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#8A8E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#8A8E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8E39

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8E39	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93867C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.108 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeae73',
    500: '#8a8e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8e39;
$custom-light: #aeae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.824,
    "s": 42.714,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6257,
    "c": 0.10834,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8E39

secondary

#7471B2

accent

#55D25B

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8E39

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

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