#8A8231#8A8231

#8A8231 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.102 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8231
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 64.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.59, -7.51, 43.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.59, 44.22, 99.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.73% -0.0242 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(59.73% 0.102 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.0189, 21.5910, 6.0708)
Luminance	0.2159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8231 #31398A

analogous

#8A5631 #8A8231 #668A31

triadic

#8A8231 #318A82 #82318A

tetradic

#8A8231 #318A56 #31398A #8A3166

square

#8A8231 #318A56 #31398A #8A3166

split-complementary

#8A8231 #31668A #56318A

monochromatic

#302D11 #5D5721 #8A8231 #B7AD41 #CAC26B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#8A8231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#8A8231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8231

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8231	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)

#8D7E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.102 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa66d',
    500: '#8a8231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8231;
$custom-light: #afa66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.607,
    "s": 47.594,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59734,
    "c": 0.10217,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8231

secondary

#656CB2

accent

#5DD751

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8231

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

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