#8A8221#8A8221

#8A8221 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.114 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8221
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 33)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.47, -8.43, 50.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.47, 50.84, 99.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.6% -0.0286 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(59.6% 0.114 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.7392, 21.4791, 4.5973)
Luminance	0.2148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8221 #21298A

analogous

#8A4D21 #8A8221 #5D8A21

triadic

#8A8221 #218A82 #82218A

tetradic

#8A8221 #218A4D #21298A #8A215D

square

#8A8221 #218A4D #21298A #8A215D

split-complementary

#8A8221 #215D8A #4D218A

monochromatic

#272509 #595315 #8A8221 #BBB12D #D5CB50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#8A8221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#8A8221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8221

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8221	1.00	3.97	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7D0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95796F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.114 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa664',
    500: '#8a8221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8221;
$custom-light: #afa664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.429,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59599,
    "c": 0.1139,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8221

secondary

#4E56B9

accent

#50E543

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8221

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

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