#8A8041#8A8041

#8A8041 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.085 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8041
RGB	rgb(138, 128, 65)
HSL	hsl(52, 36%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 52.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.19, -5.10, 35.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.19, 35.60, 98.24°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% -0.0153 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.085 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1551, 21.2240, 8.0876)
Luminance	0.2122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8041 #414B8A

analogous

#8A5C41 #8A8041 #708A41

triadic

#8A8041 #418A80 #80418A

tetradic

#8A8041 #418A5C #414B8A #8A4170

square

#8A8041 #418A5C #414B8A #8A4170

split-complementary

#8A8041 #41708A #5C418A

monochromatic

#37331A #60592D #8A8041 #B0A458 #C4BB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#8A8041 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#8A8041 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8041

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8041	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8041	1.00	4.00	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.00	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)

#8A7D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8041;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 128, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.085 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea477',
    500: '#8a8041',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8041;
$custom-light: #aea477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8041",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.781,
    "s": 35.961,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59474,
    "c": 0.08475,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8041

secondary

#7880AE

accent

#6BCC5C

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4ED

border

#CFCEC8

text

#100F09

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8041

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

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