#8A8249#8A8249

#8A8249 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.078 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8249
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(53, 47%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 47.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.87, -5.42, 31.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.87, 32.27, 99.67°)
OKLab	oklab(60.04% -0.0154 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(60.04% 0.078 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.6669, 21.8502, 9.4836)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8249 #49518A

analogous

#8A6249 #8A8249 #728A49

triadic

#8A8249 #498A82 #82498A

tetradic

#8A8249 #498A62 #49518A #8A4972

square

#8A8249 #498A62 #49518A #8A4972

split-complementary

#8A8249 #49728A #62498A

monochromatic

#3A371F #625C34 #8A8249 #ADA463 #C2BB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#8A8249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#8A8249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8249

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8249	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)

#8B7F44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E824B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.078 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada67d',
    500: '#8a8249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8249;
$custom-light: #ada67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.615,
    "s": 30.806,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60043,
    "c": 0.078,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8249

secondary

#8187AE

accent

#6DC761

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F4F4EE

border

#CECEC9

text

#100F0A

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8249

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

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