#8A9042#8A9042

#8A9042 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.102 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9042
RGB	rgb(138, 144, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 37%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(65, 54%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 54.2%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, -13.71, 40.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 42.41, 108.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% -0.0398 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.102 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.4383, 25.7435, 8.9929)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9042 #484290

analogous

#906F42 #8A9042 #639042

triadic

#8A9042 #428A90 #90428A

tetradic

#8A9042 #42906F #484290 #904263

square

#8A9042 #42906F #484290 #904263

split-complementary

#8A9042 #426390 #6F4290

monochromatic

#3A3C1C #62662F #8A9042 #ADB45B #C2C785

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#8A9042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#8A9042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9042

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9042	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 144, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.102 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb079',
    500: '#8a9042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9042;
$custom-light: #aeb079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63139,
    "c": 0.10219,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9042

secondary

#807CB2

accent

#5BCD63

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4ED

border

#CFCEC8

text

#101009

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9042

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

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