#8A8220#8A8220

#8A8220 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.115 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8220
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 32)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 76.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.46, -8.48, 50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.46, 51.20, 99.53°)
OKLab	oklab(59.59% -0.0288 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(59.59% 0.115 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.7254, 21.4736, 4.5247)
Luminance	0.2147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8220 #20288A

analogous

#8A4D20 #8A8220 #5D8A20

triadic

#8A8220 #208A82 #82208A

tetradic

#8A8220 #208A4D #20288A #8A205D

square

#8A8220 #208A4D #20288A #8A205D

split-complementary

#8A8220 #205D8A #4D208A

monochromatic

#272409 #585314 #8A8220 #BCB12C #D6CC4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#8A8220 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#8A8220 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8220

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8220	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8220	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)

#8E7D0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95796F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8220;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.115 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a664',
    500: '#8a8220',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8220;
$custom-light: #b0a664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8220",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.472,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59593,
    "c": 0.1145,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8220

secondary

#4D55B9

accent

#4FE542

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8220

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

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