#8A8233#8A8233

#8A8233 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.100 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8233
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 51)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 63%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.61, -7.37, 42.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.61, 43.30, 99.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% -0.0235 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.1 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0621, 21.6083, 6.2980)
Luminance	0.2161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8233 #333B8A

analogous

#8A5733 #8A8233 #678A33

triadic

#8A8233 #338A82 #82338A

tetradic

#8A8233 #338A57 #333B8A #8A3367

square

#8A8233 #338A57 #333B8A #8A3367

split-complementary

#8A8233 #33678A #57338A

monochromatic

#312E12 #5D5822 #8A8233 #B7AC44 #C9C16E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#8A8233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#8A8233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8233

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8233	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)

#8D7E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.100 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa66e',
    500: '#8a8233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8233;
$custom-light: #afa66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.483,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59754,
    "c": 0.10044,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8233

secondary

#676EB1

accent

#5ED652

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8233

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

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