#8A8228#8A8228

#8A8228 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.109 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8228
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 40)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, -8.07, 47.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 48.12, 99.66°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% -0.0268 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.109 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.8476, 21.5225, 5.1685)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8228 #28308A

analogous

#8A5128 #8A8228 #618A28

triadic

#8A8228 #288A82 #82288A

tetradic

#8A8228 #288A51 #28308A #8A2861

square

#8A8228 #288A51 #28308A #8A2861

split-complementary

#8A8228 #28618A #51288A

monochromatic

#2B290C #5B551A #8A8228 #B9AF36 #D0C65D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#8A8228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#8A8228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8228

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8228	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)

#8E7D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90822E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947970

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.109 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa668',
    500: '#8a8228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8228;
$custom-light: #afa668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.102,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59651,
    "c": 0.10925,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8228

secondary

#5960B5

accent

#56DE49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8228

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

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