#8A9038#8A9038

#8A9038 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.112 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9038
RGB	rgb(138, 144, 56)
HSL	hsl(64, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(64, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 61.1%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.69, -14.55, 44.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.69, 47.10, 107.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% -0.0433 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.112 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.1688, 25.6357, 7.5737)
Luminance	0.2564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9038 #3E3890

analogous

#906A38 #8A9038 #5E9038

triadic

#8A9038 #388A90 #90388A

tetradic

#8A9038 #38906A #3E3890 #90385E

square

#8A9038 #38906A #3E3890 #90385E

split-complementary

#8A9038 #385E90 #6A3890

monochromatic

#363816 #606427 #8A9038 #B2B94C #C5CA78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#8A9038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#8A9038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9038

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9038	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93887D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 144, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.112 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb072',
    500: '#8a9038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9038;
$custom-light: #aeb072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.091,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63023,
    "c": 0.11162,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9038

secondary

#7570B4

accent

#54D45D

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9038

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

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