#8A8121#8A8121

#8A8121 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.113 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8121
RGB	rgb(138, 129, 33)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.18, -7.88, 49.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.18, 50.48, 98.98°)
OKLab	oklab(59.37% -0.027 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(59.37% 0.113 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.6068, 21.2144, 4.5532)
Luminance	0.2121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8121 #212A8A

analogous

#8A4C21 #8A8121 #5E8A21

triadic

#8A8121 #218A81 #81218A

tetradic

#8A8121 #218A4C #212A8A #8A215E

square

#8A8121 #218A4C #212A8A #8A215E

split-complementary

#8A8121 #215E8A #4C218A

monochromatic

#272509 #595315 #8A8121 #BBAF2D #D5CA50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#8A8121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#8A8121 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8121

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8121	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)

#8D7C0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95786F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 129, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.113 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa564',
    500: '#8a8121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8121;
$custom-light: #afa564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59371,
    "c": 0.11297,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8121

secondary

#4E57B9

accent

#51E543

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8121

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

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