#8A993E#8A993E

#8A993E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.117 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A993E
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 62)
HSL	hsl(70, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(70, 59%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 59.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.37, -18.76, 44.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.37, 48.74, 112.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% -0.0545 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.117 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.7423, 28.5337, 8.8660)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A993E #4D3E99

analogous

#997B3E #8A993E #5D993E

triadic

#8A993E #3E8A99 #993E8A

tetradic

#8A993E #3E997B #4D3E99 #993E5D

square

#8A993E #3E997B #4D3E99 #993E5D

split-complementary

#8A993E #3E5D99 #7B3E99

monochromatic

#3B421B #636D2C #8A993E #ABBC59 #C1CD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#8A993E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#8A993E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A993E

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A993E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A993E	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a993e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.117 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb777',
    500: '#8a993e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a993e;
$custom-light: #aeb777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a993e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.89,
    "s": 42.326,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65187,
    "c": 0.11746,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A993E

secondary

#857BB8

accent

#56D26A

background

#FAFBF7

surface

#F5F6ED

border

#CFD0C8

text

#111109

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A993E

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

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