#8A8226#8A8226

#8A8226 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	#8A8226
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 38)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 72.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.50, -8.18, 48.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.50, 48.93, 99.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59.64% -0.0273 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(59.64% 0.111 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.8145, 21.5092, 4.9940)
Luminance	0.2151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8226 #262E8A

analogous

#8A5026 #8A8226 #608A26

triadic

#8A8226 #268A82 #82268A

tetradic

#8A8226 #268A50 #262E8A #8A2660

square

#8A8226 #268A50 #262E8A #8A2660

split-complementary

#8A8226 #26608A #50268A

monochromatic

#2A280C #5A5519 #8A8226 #BAAF33 #D1C859

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#8A8226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#8A8226 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8226

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8226	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)

#8E7D17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91822C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957970

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.111 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa667',
    500: '#8a8226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8226;
$custom-light: #afa667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59635,
    "c": 0.11065,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8226

secondary

#565DB6

accent

#54E048

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8226

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

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