#8A8236#8A8236

#8A8236 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.098 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8236
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 54)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.64, -7.14, 41.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.64, 41.89, 99.82°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% -0.0225 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.098 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.1304, 21.6356, 6.6577)
Luminance	0.2163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8236 #363E8A

analogous

#8A5836 #8A8236 #688A36

triadic

#8A8236 #368A82 #82368A

tetradic

#8A8236 #368A58 #363E8A #8A3668

square

#8A8236 #368A58 #363E8A #8A3668

split-complementary

#8A8236 #36688A #58368A

monochromatic

#322F14 #5E5925 #8A8236 #B6AB47 #C8C072

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#8A8236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#8A8236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8236

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8236	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)

#8D7E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90823A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.098 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea670',
    500: '#8a8236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8236;
$custom-light: #aea670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59787,
    "c": 0.09774,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8236

secondary

#6B72B1

accent

#60D354

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8236

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

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