#8A9044#8A9044

#8A9044 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.100 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9044
RGB	rgb(138, 144, 68)
HSL	hsl(65, 36%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(65, 53%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 52.8%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, -13.53, 39.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 41.43, 109.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% -0.0391 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.1 113)
XYZ	xyz(21.4983, 25.7675, 9.3088)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9044 #4A4490

analogous

#907044 #8A9044 #649044

triadic

#8A9044 #448A90 #90448A

tetradic

#8A9044 #449070 #4A4490 #904464

square

#8A9044 #449070 #4A4490 #904464

split-complementary

#8A9044 #446490 #704490

monochromatic

#3A3D1D #626630 #8A9044 #ACB35E #C2C788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#8A9044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#8A9044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9044

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9044	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	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)

#998A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92897F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 144, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.100 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb07a',
    500: '#8a9044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9044;
$custom-light: #aeb07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.737,
    "s": 35.849,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63164,
    "c": 0.10015,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.25767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9044

secondary

#827EB2

accent

#5CCC65

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4EE

border

#CFCEC9

text

#101009

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9044

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

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