#8A8239#8A8239

#8A8239 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.095 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8239
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 57)
HSL	hsl(54, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 58.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.67, -6.91, 39.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.67, 40.44, 99.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.82% -0.0215 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(59.82% 0.095 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.2030, 21.6646, 7.0403)
Luminance	0.2166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8239 #39418A

analogous

#8A5939 #8A8239 #698A39

triadic

#8A8239 #398A82 #82398A

tetradic

#8A8239 #398A59 #39418A #8A3969

square

#8A8239 #398A59 #39418A #8A3969

split-complementary

#8A8239 #39698A #59398A

monochromatic

#333015 #5F5927 #8A8239 #B5AA4B #C7BF77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#8A8239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#8A8239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8239

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8239	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)

#8D7E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.095 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea672',
    500: '#8a8239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8239;
$custom-light: #aea672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.074,
    "s": 41.538,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59822,
    "c": 0.09491,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8239

secondary

#6F75B0

accent

#63D156

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8239

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

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