#8A8222#8A8222

#8A8222 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.113 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8222
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 34)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 75.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.48, -8.38, 49.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.48, 50.47, 99.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.61% -0.0283 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(59.61% 0.113 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.7534, 21.4848, 4.6722)
Luminance	0.2148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8222 #222A8A

analogous

#8A4E22 #8A8222 #5E8A22

triadic

#8A8222 #228A82 #82228A

tetradic

#8A8222 #228A4E #222A8A #8A225E

square

#8A8222 #228A4E #222A8A #8A225E

split-complementary

#8A8222 #225E8A #4E228A

monochromatic

#28250A #595416 #8A8222 #BBB02E #D4CA52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#8A8222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#8A8222 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8222

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8222	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	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)

#8E7D10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95796F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.113 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa665',
    500: '#8a8222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8222;
$custom-light: #afa665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59606,
    "c": 0.11328,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8222

secondary

#5058B8

accent

#50E444

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8222

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

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