#8A8232#8A8232

#8A8232 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.101 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8232
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 50)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 63.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.60, -7.44, 43.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.60, 43.76, 99.79°)
OKLab	oklab(59.74% -0.0238 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(59.74% 0.101 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0403, 21.5995, 6.1832)
Luminance	0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8232 #323A8A

analogous

#8A5632 #8A8232 #668A32

triadic

#8A8232 #328A82 #82328A

tetradic

#8A8232 #328A56 #323A8A #8A3266

square

#8A8232 #328A56 #323A8A #8A3266

split-complementary

#8A8232 #32668A #56328A

monochromatic

#302D11 #5D5822 #8A8232 #B7AC42 #CAC16C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#8A8232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#8A8232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8232

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8232	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)

#8D7E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.101 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa66e',
    500: '#8a8232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8232;
$custom-light: #afa66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 46.809,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59744,
    "c": 0.10131,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8232

secondary

#666DB2

accent

#5DD651

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8232

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

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