#8A8229#8A8229

#8A8229 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 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8229
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 41)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 70.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, -8.01, 47.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 47.71, 99.67°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% -0.0265 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.109 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.8649, 21.5294, 5.2593)
Luminance	0.2153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8229 #29318A

analogous

#8A5229 #8A8229 #618A29

triadic

#8A8229 #298A82 #82298A

tetradic

#8A8229 #298A52 #29318A #8A2961

square

#8A8229 #298A52 #29318A #8A2961

split-complementary

#8A8229 #29618A #52298A

monochromatic

#2C290D #5B561B #8A8229 #B9AE37 #CFC65E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#8A8229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#8A8229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8229

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8229	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7D1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90822F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947970

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.109 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa668',
    500: '#8a8229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8229;
$custom-light: #afa668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.052,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5966,
    "c": 0.10852,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8229

secondary

#5A62B5

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8229

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

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