#8A8235#8A8235

#8A8235 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.099 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8235
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 53)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 61.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.63, -7.22, 41.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.63, 42.36, 99.81°)
OKLab	oklab(59.78% -0.0229 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(59.78% 0.099 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1071, 21.6263, 6.5353)
Luminance	0.2163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8235 #353D8A

analogous

#8A5835 #8A8235 #688A35

triadic

#8A8235 #358A82 #82358A

tetradic

#8A8235 #358A58 #353D8A #8A3568

square

#8A8235 #358A58 #353D8A #8A3568

split-complementary

#8A8235 #35688A #58358A

monochromatic

#322F13 #5E5824 #8A8235 #B6AC46 #C8C071

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#8A8235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#8A8235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8235

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8235	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947A71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.099 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea670',
    500: '#8a8235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8235;
$custom-light: #aea670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.353,
    "s": 44.503,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59776,
    "c": 0.09866,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8235

secondary

#6A71B1

accent

#60D454

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8235

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

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