#8A822B#8A822B

#8A822B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.107 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A822B
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 43)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 68.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.54, -7.90, 46.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.54, 46.87, 99.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.68% -0.026 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(59.68% 0.107 104)
XYZ	xyz(18.9007, 21.5437, 5.4478)
Luminance	0.2154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A822B #2B338A

analogous

#8A522B #8A822B #638A2B

triadic

#8A822B #2B8A82 #822B8A

tetradic

#8A822B #2B8A52 #2B338A #8A2B63

square

#8A822B #2B8A52 #2B338A #8A2B63

split-complementary

#8A822B #2B638A #522B8A

monochromatic

#2D2A0E #5B561C #8A822B #B9AE3A #CEC561

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#8A822B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#8A822B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A822B

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A822B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A822B	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)

#8E7E1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947970

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a822b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.107 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa66a',
    500: '#8a822b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a822b;
$custom-light: #afa66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a822b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.947,
    "s": 52.486,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59677,
    "c": 0.10702,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.21543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A822B

secondary

#5D64B4

accent

#58DC4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A822B

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

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