#8A8047#8A8047

#8A8047 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.078 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8047
RGB	rgb(138, 128, 71)
HSL	hsl(51, 32%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 48.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.27, -4.51, 32.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.27, 32.46, 97.99°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% -0.013 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.078 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.3383, 21.2972, 9.0521)
Luminance	0.2130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8047 #47518A

analogous

#8A5E47 #8A8047 #728A47

triadic

#8A8047 #478A80 #80478A

tetradic

#8A8047 #478A5E #47518A #8A4772

square

#8A8047 #478A5E #47518A #8A4772

split-complementary

#8A8047 #47728A #5E478A

monochromatic

#39351D #625B32 #8A8047 #AEA261 #C2BA89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#8A8047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#8A8047 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8047

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8047	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7D42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 128, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.078 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea47b',
    500: '#8a8047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8047;
$custom-light: #aea47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 32.057,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59563,
    "c": 0.07817,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8047

secondary

#7F86AE

accent

#6FC860

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F4F4EE

border

#CECEC9

text

#100F09

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8047

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

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