#8A822C#8A822C

#8A822C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.106 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A822C
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 44)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 68.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.55, -7.83, 45.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.55, 46.44, 99.71°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% -0.0257 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.106 104)
XYZ	xyz(18.9192, 21.5511, 5.5456)
Luminance	0.2155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A822C #2C348A

analogous

#8A532C #8A822C #638A2C

triadic

#8A822C #2C8A82 #822C8A

tetradic

#8A822C #2C8A53 #2C348A #8A2C63

square

#8A822C #2C8A53 #2C348A #8A2C63

split-complementary

#8A822C #2C638A #532C8A

monochromatic

#2D2B0E #5C561D #8A822C #B8AE3B #CDC463

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#8A822C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#8A822C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A822C

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A822C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A822C	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	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)

#8E7E20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947970

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a822c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.106 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa66a',
    500: '#8a822c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a822c;
$custom-light: #afa66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a822c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.894,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59686,
    "c": 0.10625,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.2155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A822C

secondary

#5E65B4

accent

#59DB4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A822C

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

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