#8A8225#8A8225

#8A8225 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.111 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8225
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 37)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 73.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.50, -8.23, 48.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.50, 49.32, 99.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.63% -0.0276 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(59.63% 0.111 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.7986, 21.5028, 4.9102)
Luminance	0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8225 #252D8A

analogous

#8A5025 #8A8225 #5F8A25

triadic

#8A8225 #258A82 #82258A

tetradic

#8A8225 #258A50 #252D8A #8A255F

square

#8A8225 #258A50 #252D8A #8A255F

split-complementary

#8A8225 #255F8A #50258A

monochromatic

#29270B #5A5518 #8A8225 #BAAF32 #D2C857

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#8A8225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#8A8225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8225

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8225	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)

#8E7D15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91822B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957970

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.111 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa666',
    500: '#8a8225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8225;
$custom-light: #afa666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.248,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59628,
    "c": 0.11133,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8225

secondary

#545CB7

accent

#53E147

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8225

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

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