#8A8230#8A8230

#8A8230 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.103 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8230
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 48)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 65.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.58, -7.58, 44.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.58, 44.67, 99.76°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% -0.0245 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.103 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.9981, 21.5826, 5.9609)
Luminance	0.2158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8230 #30388A

analogous

#8A5530 #8A8230 #658A30

triadic

#8A8230 #308A82 #82308A

tetradic

#8A8230 #308A55 #30388A #8A3065

square

#8A8230 #308A55 #30388A #8A3065

split-complementary

#8A8230 #30658A #55308A

monochromatic

#2F2C10 #5D5720 #8A8230 #B7AD40 #CBC269

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#8A8230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#8A8230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8230

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8230	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7E26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.103 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa66c',
    500: '#8a8230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8230;
$custom-light: #afa66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.667,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59724,
    "c": 0.10302,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8230

secondary

#646BB2

accent

#5CD850

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8230

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

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