#8A8137#8A8137

#8A8137 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.096 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8137
RGB	rgb(138, 129, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.36, -6.51, 40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.36, 41.00, 99.14°)
OKLab	oklab(59.57% -0.0206 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(59.57% 0.096 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.0217, 21.3803, 6.7385)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8137 #37408A

analogous

#8A5737 #8A8137 #698A37

triadic

#8A8137 #378A81 #81378A

tetradic

#8A8137 #378A57 #37408A #8A3769

square

#8A8137 #378A57 #37408A #8A3769

split-complementary

#8A8137 #37698A #57378A

monochromatic

#322F14 #5E5826 #8A8137 #B6AA48 #C8BE74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#8A8137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#8A8137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8137

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8137	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)

#8C7D2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F813B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 129, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.096 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea571',
    500: '#8a8137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8137;
$custom-light: #aea571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.494,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59572,
    "c": 0.09579,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8137

secondary

#6D74B0

accent

#63D355

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8137

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

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