#8A8238#8A8238

#8A8238 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.096 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8238
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.66, -6.99, 40.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.66, 40.93, 99.83°)
OKLab	oklab(59.81% -0.0218 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(59.81% 0.096 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.1783, 21.6547, 6.9102)
Luminance	0.2165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8238 #38408A

analogous

#8A5938 #8A8238 #698A38

triadic

#8A8238 #388A82 #82388A

tetradic

#8A8238 #388A59 #38408A #8A3869

square

#8A8238 #388A59 #38408A #8A3869

split-complementary

#8A8238 #38698A #59388A

monochromatic

#333015 #5E5926 #8A8238 #B5AB4A #C7BF75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#8A8238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#8A8238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8238

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8238	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)

#8D7E30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.096 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea671',
    500: '#8a8238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8238;
$custom-light: #aea671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.146,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5981,
    "c": 0.09587,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8238

secondary

#6E74B0

accent

#62D256

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8238

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

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