#8A8E4E#8A8E4E

#8A8E4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.087 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8E4E
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 78)
HSL	hsl(64, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(64, 45%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 45.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, -11.44, 33.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 35.37, 108.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% -0.0322 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.087 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.5297, 25.2997, 10.9554)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8E4E #524E8E

analogous

#8E724E #8A8E4E #6A8E4E

triadic

#8A8E4E #4E8A8E #8E4E8A

tetradic

#8A8E4E #4E8E72 #524E8E #8E4E6A

square

#8A8E4E #4E8E72 #524E8E #8E4E6A

split-complementary

#8A8E4E #4E6A8E #724E8E

monochromatic

#3D3F23 #646638 #8A8E4E #AAAE6B #C1C493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#8A8E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#8A8E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8E4E

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8E4E	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978B51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.087 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adaf81',
    500: '#8a8e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8e4e;
$custom-light: #adaf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 29.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62847,
    "c": 0.08672,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8E4E

secondary

#8A88B0

accent

#62C569

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F4F4EE

border

#CECEC9

text

#10100A

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8E4E

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

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