#8A9056#8A9056

#8A9056 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.080 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9056
RGB	rgb(138, 144, 86)
HSL	hsl(66, 25%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(66, 40%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 40.3%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.06, -11.60, 30.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.06, 32.23, 111.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.0319 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.08 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.1344, 26.0220, 12.6590)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9056 #5C5690

analogous

#907956 #8A9056 #6D9056

triadic

#8A9056 #568A90 #90568A

tetradic

#8A9056 #569079 #5C5690 #90566D

square

#8A9056 #569079 #5C5690 #90566D

split-complementary

#8A9056 #566D90 #795690

monochromatic

#414328 #656A3F #8A9056 #A7AD76 #C0C49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#8A9056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#8A9056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9056

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9056	1.00	3.38	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988B52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988C59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#918A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 144, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.080 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb086',
    500: '#8a9056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9056;
$custom-light: #adb086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.207,
    "s": 25.217,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63436,
    "c": 0.08,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9056

secondary

#9490B2

accent

#66C270

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4EF

border

#CECECA

text

#10100B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9056

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

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