#8A8043#8A8043

#8A8043 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.083 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8043
RGB	rgb(138, 128, 67)
HSL	hsl(52, 35%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 51.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, -4.91, 34.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 34.56, 98.17°)
OKLab	oklab(59.5% -0.0146 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(59.5% 0.083 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.2141, 21.2475, 8.3982)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8043 #434D8A

analogous

#8A5C43 #8A8043 #718A43

triadic

#8A8043 #438A80 #80438A

tetradic

#8A8043 #438A5C #434D8A #8A4371

square

#8A8043 #438A5C #434D8A #8A4371

split-complementary

#8A8043 #43718A #5C438A

monochromatic

#38341B #615A2F #8A8043 #AFA35B #C3BA84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#8A8043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#8A8043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8043

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8043	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7D3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 128, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.083 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea479',
    500: '#8a8043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8043;
$custom-light: #aea479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.549,
    "s": 34.634,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59503,
    "c": 0.0826,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8043

secondary

#7B82AE

accent

#6DCB5D

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4ED

border

#CFCEC8

text

#100F09

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8043

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

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