#8A8243#8A8243

#8A8243 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.085 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8243
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 67)
HSL	hsl(53, 35%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(53, 51%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 51.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.79, -6.02, 34.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.79, 35.41, 99.79°)
OKLab	oklab(59.95% -0.0178 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(59.95% 0.085 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.4775, 21.7744, 8.4860)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8243 #434B8A

analogous

#8A5E43 #8A8243 #6F8A43

triadic

#8A8243 #438A82 #82438A

tetradic

#8A8243 #438A5E #434B8A #8A436F

square

#8A8243 #438A5E #434B8A #8A436F

split-complementary

#8A8243 #436F8A #5E438A

monochromatic

#38341B #615B2F #8A8243 #AFA65B #C3BC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#8A8243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#8A8243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8243

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8243	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	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)

#8C7E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.085 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea679',
    500: '#8a8243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8243;
$custom-light: #aea679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.239,
    "s": 34.634,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59953,
    "c": 0.08469,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8243

secondary

#7B80AE

accent

#69CB5D

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4ED

border

#CFCEC8

text

#100F09

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8243

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

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