#8A803E#8A803E

#8A803E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.088 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A803E
RGB	rgb(138, 128, 62)
HSL	hsl(52, 38%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 55.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.16, -5.38, 36.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.16, 37.13, 98.32°)
OKLab	oklab(59.43% -0.0165 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(59.43% 0.088 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.0705, 21.1901, 7.6420)
Luminance	0.2119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A803E #3E488A

analogous

#8A5A3E #8A803E #6E8A3E

triadic

#8A803E #3E8A80 #803E8A

tetradic

#8A803E #3E8A5A #3E488A #8A3E6E

square

#8A803E #3E8A5A #3E488A #8A3E6E

split-complementary

#8A803E #3E6E8A #5A3E8A

monochromatic

#363218 #60592B #8A803E #B2A553 #C5BB7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#8A803E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#8A803E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A803E

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A803E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A803E	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a803e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 128, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.088 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea475',
    500: '#8a803e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a803e;
$custom-light: #aea475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a803e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.105,
    "s": 38,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59433,
    "c": 0.08789,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A803E

secondary

#757DAF

accent

#69CE5A

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4ED

border

#CFCEC8

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A803E

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

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