#8A8252#8A8252

#8A8252 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.067 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8252
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 82)
HSL	hsl(51, 25%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 41%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 40.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.00, -4.41, 27.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.00, 27.43, 99.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% -0.0116 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.067 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.9872, 21.9783, 11.1704)
Luminance	0.2198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8252 #525A8A

analogous

#8A6652 #8A8252 #768A52

triadic

#8A8252 #528A82 #82528A

tetradic

#8A8252 #528A66 #525A8A #8A5276

square

#8A8252 #528A66 #525A8A #8A5276

split-complementary

#8A8252 #52768A #66528A

monochromatic

#3D3A24 #645E3B #8A8252 #AAA16F #C1BA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#8A8252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#8A8252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8252

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8252	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7F4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.067 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada683',
    500: '#8a8252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8252;
$custom-light: #ada683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 25.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60196,
    "c": 0.06731,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8252

secondary

#8A8FAE

accent

#73C266

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4EF

border

#CECECA

text

#100F0A

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8252

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

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