#8A8248#8A8248

#8A8248 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.079 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8248
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 72)
HSL	hsl(53, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 47.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.85, -5.52, 32.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.85, 32.79, 99.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.03% -0.0158 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(60.03% 0.079 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6341, 21.8370, 9.3104)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8248 #48508A

analogous

#8A6148 #8A8248 #718A48

triadic

#8A8248 #488A82 #82488A

tetradic

#8A8248 #488A61 #48508A #8A4871

square

#8A8248 #488A61 #48508A #8A4871

split-complementary

#8A8248 #48718A #61488A

monochromatic

#3A361E #625C33 #8A8248 #ADA462 #C2BB8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#8A8248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#8A8248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8248

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8248	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7F43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E824A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.079 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada67c',
    500: '#8a8248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8248;
$custom-light: #ada67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 31.429,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60028,
    "c": 0.07914,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8248

secondary

#8086AE

accent

#6DC860

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F4F4EE

border

#CECEC9

text

#100F09

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8248

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

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