#8A8227#8A8227

#8A8227 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.110 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8227
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 39)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.51, -8.13, 47.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.51, 48.53, 99.64°)
OKLab	oklab(59.64% -0.0271 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(59.64% 0.11 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.8308, 21.5158, 5.0801)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8227 #272F8A

analogous

#8A5127 #8A8227 #608A27

triadic

#8A8227 #278A82 #82278A

tetradic

#8A8227 #278A51 #272F8A #8A2760

square

#8A8227 #278A51 #272F8A #8A2760

split-complementary

#8A8227 #27608A #51278A

monochromatic

#2B280C #5A551A #8A8227 #BAAF34 #D1C75B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#8A8227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#8A8227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8227

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8227	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)

#8E7D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90822D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947970

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.110 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa667',
    500: '#8a8227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8227;
$custom-light: #afa667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.152,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59643,
    "c": 0.10995,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8227

secondary

#575FB6

accent

#55DF49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8227

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

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