#8A8240#8A8240

#8A8240 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.088 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8240
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 53.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.75, -6.30, 36.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.75, 36.95, 99.82°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% -0.0189 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.088 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.3899, 21.7394, 8.0242)
Luminance	0.2174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8240 #40488A

analogous

#8A5D40 #8A8240 #6D8A40

triadic

#8A8240 #408A82 #82408A

tetradic

#8A8240 #408A5D #40488A #8A406D

square

#8A8240 #408A5D #40488A #8A406D

split-complementary

#8A8240 #406D8A #5D408A

monochromatic

#363319 #605B2D #8A8240 #B1A756 #C4BD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#8A8240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#8A8240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8240

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8240	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.088 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea677',
    500: '#8a8240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8240;
$custom-light: #aea677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.514,
    "s": 36.634,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59911,
    "c": 0.08788,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8240

secondary

#777DAF

accent

#67CD5B

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4ED

border

#CFCEC8

text

#100F09

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8240

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

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