#8A822F#8A822F

#8A822F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.104 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A822F
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 47)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 65.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.57, -7.64, 44.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.57, 45.12, 99.75°)
OKLab	oklab(59.71% -0.0248 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(59.71% 0.104 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.9777, 21.5745, 5.8534)
Luminance	0.2157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A822F #2F378A

analogous

#8A552F #8A822F #658A2F

triadic

#8A822F #2F8A82 #822F8A

tetradic

#8A822F #2F8A55 #2F378A #8A2F65

square

#8A822F #2F8A55 #2F378A #8A2F65

split-complementary

#8A822F #2F658A #552F8A

monochromatic

#2F2C10 #5C571F #8A822F #B8AD3F #CCC368

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#8A822F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#8A822F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A822F

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A822F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A822F	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)

#8D7E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a822f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.104 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa66c',
    500: '#8a822f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a822f;
$custom-light: #afa66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a822f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.725,
    "s": 49.189,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59714,
    "c": 0.10385,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A822F

secondary

#6269B3

accent

#5BD94F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A822F

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

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