#8A822D#8A822D

#8A822D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.105 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A822D
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 45)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 67.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, -7.77, 45.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 46.01, 99.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.7% -0.0254 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(59.7% 0.105 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9383, 21.5587, 5.6458)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A822D #2D358A

analogous

#8A532D #8A822D #638A2D

triadic

#8A822D #2D8A82 #822D8A

tetradic

#8A822D #2D8A53 #2D358A #8A2D63

square

#8A822D #2D8A53 #2D358A #8A2D63

split-complementary

#8A822D #2D638A #532D8A

monochromatic

#2E2B0F #5C571E #8A822D #B8AD3C #CDC465

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#8A822D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#8A822D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A822D

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A822D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A822D	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)

#8D7E22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947970

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a822d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.105 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa66b',
    500: '#8a822d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a822d;
$custom-light: #afa66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a822d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.839,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59695,
    "c": 0.10546,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A822D

secondary

#6067B3

accent

#5ADA4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A822D

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

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