#8A822E#8A822E

#8A822E 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	#8A822E
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 46)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 66.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, -7.71, 44.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 45.57, 99.74°)
OKLab	oklab(59.7% -0.0251 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(59.7% 0.105 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9577, 21.5665, 5.7484)
Luminance	0.2157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A822E #2E368A

analogous

#8A542E #8A822E #648A2E

triadic

#8A822E #2E8A82 #822E8A

tetradic

#8A822E #2E8A54 #2E368A #8A2E64

square

#8A822E #2E8A54 #2E368A #8A2E64

split-complementary

#8A822E #2E648A #542E8A

monochromatic

#2E2C0F #5C571F #8A822E #B8AD3D #CCC366

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#8A822E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#8A822E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A822E

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A822E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A822E	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)

#8D7E23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a822e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.105 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa66b',
    500: '#8a822e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a822e;
$custom-light: #afa66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a822e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59704,
    "c": 0.10466,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A822E

secondary

#6168B3

accent

#5ADA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A822E

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

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