#8A821E#8A821E

#8A821E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.116 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A821E
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 30)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 78.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.45, -8.56, 51.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.45, 51.90, 99.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% -0.0292 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.116 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.6990, 21.4630, 4.3859)
Luminance	0.2146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A821E #1E268A

analogous

#8A4C1E #8A821E #5C8A1E

triadic

#8A821E #1E8A82 #821E8A

tetradic

#8A821E #1E8A4C #1E268A #8A1E5C

square

#8A821E #1E8A4C #1E268A #8A1E5C

split-complementary

#8A821E #1E5C8A #4C1E8A

monochromatic

#252308 #585313 #8A821E #BCB129 #D8CD4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#8A821E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#8A821E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A821E

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A821E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A821E	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7D06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95796F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a821e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.116 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a663',
    500: '#8a821e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a821e;
$custom-light: #b0a663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a821e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5958,
    "c": 0.11566,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A821E

secondary

#4A52BA

accent

#4DE741

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A821E

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

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