#8A804E#8A804E

#8A804E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.070 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A804E
RGB	rgb(138, 128, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 43.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.38, -3.76, 28.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.38, 28.72, 97.52°)
OKLab	oklab(59.68% -0.0101 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(59.68% 0.07 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.5760, 21.3923, 10.3042)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A804E #4E588A

analogous

#8A624E #8A804E #768A4E

triadic

#8A804E #4E8A80 #804E8A

tetradic

#8A804E #4E8A62 #4E588A #8A4E76

square

#8A804E #4E8A62 #4E588A #8A4E76

split-complementary

#8A804E #4E768A #624E8A

monochromatic

#3C3722 #635C38 #8A804E #ABA06A #C1B991

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#8A804E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#8A804E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A804E

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A804E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A804E	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897D4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a804e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 128, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.070 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada480',
    500: '#8a804e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a804e;
$custom-light: #ada480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a804e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59678,
    "c": 0.07002,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A804E

secondary

#868DAE

accent

#74C464

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F4F4EE

border

#CECEC9

text

#100F0A

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A804E

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

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