#8A8F37#8A8F37

#8A8F37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.111 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8F37
RGB	rgb(138, 143, 55)
HSL	hsl(63, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 61.5%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.39, -14.10, 44.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.39, 47.09, 107.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% -0.0421 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.111 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.9938, 25.3245, 7.3959)
Luminance	0.2532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8F37 #3C378F

analogous

#8F6837 #8A8F37 #5E8F37

triadic

#8A8F37 #378A8F #8F378A

tetradic

#8A8F37 #378F68 #3C378F #8F375E

square

#8A8F37 #378F68 #3C378F #8F375E

split-complementary

#8A8F37 #375E8F #68378F

monochromatic

#353715 #5F6326 #8A8F37 #B3B94A #C6CA76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#8A8F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#8A8F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8F37

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8F37	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	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)

#99892D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93877C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 143, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.111 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeaf72',
    500: '#8a8f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8f37;
$custom-light: #aeaf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.409,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62781,
    "c": 0.11131,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8F37

secondary

#736FB3

accent

#54D45B

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8F37

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

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