#8A803B#8A803B

#8A803B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.091 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A803B
RGB	rgb(138, 128, 59)
HSL	hsl(52, 40%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 57.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.12, -5.64, 38.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.12, 38.64, 98.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% -0.0176 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.091 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.9905, 21.1581, 7.2204)
Luminance	0.2116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A803B #3B458A

analogous

#8A583B #8A803B #6C8A3B

triadic

#8A803B #3B8A80 #803B8A

tetradic

#8A803B #3B8A58 #3B458A #8A3B6C

square

#8A803B #3B8A58 #3B458A #8A3B6C

split-complementary

#8A803B #3B6C8A #583B8A

monochromatic

#343016 #5F5829 #8A803B #B4A74F #C6BC79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#8A803B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#8A803B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A803B

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A803B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A803B	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E813E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a803b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 128, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.091 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea473',
    500: '#8a803b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a803b;
$custom-light: #aea473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a803b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.405,
    "s": 40.102,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59394,
    "c": 0.09093,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A803B

secondary

#7179AF

accent

#67D058

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4ED

border

#CFCEC8

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A803B

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

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