#8A8151#8A8151

#8A8151 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.067 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8151
RGB	rgb(138, 129, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 26%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 41%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 41.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.71, -3.97, 27.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.71, 27.53, 98.29°)
OKLab	oklab(59.95% -0.0104 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(59.95% 0.067 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.8171, 21.6985, 10.9273)
Luminance	0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8151 #515A8A

analogous

#8A6451 #8A8151 #768A51

triadic

#8A8151 #518A81 #81518A

tetradic

#8A8151 #518A64 #515A8A #8A5176

square

#8A8151 #518A64 #515A8A #8A5176

split-complementary

#8A8151 #51768A #64518A

monochromatic

#3D3924 #635D3A #8A8151 #AAA16E #C1BA95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#8A8151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#8A8151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8151

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8151	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7E4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 129, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.067 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada582',
    500: '#8a8151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8151;
$custom-light: #ada582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 26.027,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59954,
    "c": 0.06745,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8151

secondary

#898FAE

accent

#74C265

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4EF

border

#CECECA

text

#100F0A

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8151

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

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