#8A8237#8A8237

#8A8237 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.097 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8237
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.65, -7.07, 40.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.65, 41.41, 99.83°)
OKLab	oklab(59.8% -0.0222 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(59.8% 0.097 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.1541, 21.6451, 6.7827)
Luminance	0.2164 (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

#8A8237 #373F8A

analogous

#8A5837 #8A8237 #688A37

triadic

#8A8237 #378A82 #82378A

tetradic

#8A8237 #378A58 #373F8A #8A3768

square

#8A8237 #378A58 #373F8A #8A3768

split-complementary

#8A8237 #37688A #58378A

monochromatic

#323014 #5E5926 #8A8237 #B6AB48 #C8BF74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#8A8237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#8A8237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8237

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8237	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)

#8D7E2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.097 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea671',
    500: '#8a8237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8237;
$custom-light: #aea671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.217,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59798,
    "c": 0.09681,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8237

secondary

#6D73B0

accent

#61D355

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8237

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

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