#8A8F38#8A8F38

#8A8F38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.110 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8F38
RGB	rgb(138, 143, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(63, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 60.8%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, -14.02, 44.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 46.64, 107.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% -0.0418 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.11 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.0180, 25.3342, 7.5234)
Luminance	0.2533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8F38 #3D388F

analogous

#8F6938 #8A8F38 #5F8F38

triadic

#8A8F38 #388A8F #8F388A

tetradic

#8A8F38 #388F69 #3D388F #8F385F

square

#8A8F38 #388F69 #3D388F #8F385F

split-complementary

#8A8F38 #385F8F #69388F

monochromatic

#353716 #606327 #8A8F38 #B2B94B #C5CA77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#8A8F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#8A8F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8F38

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8F38	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99892E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93877C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 143, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.110 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeaf72',
    500: '#8a8f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8f38;
$custom-light: #aeaf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.448,
    "s": 43.719,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62791,
    "c": 0.11043,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8F38

secondary

#7470B3

accent

#54D35C

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8F38

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

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