#8A8261#8A8261

#8A8261 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.048 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8261
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 17%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 30%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 29.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.27, -2.45, 19.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.27, 19.16, 97.36°)
OKLab	oklab(60.5% -0.0051 0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(60.5% 0.048 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6217, 22.2321, 14.5119)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8261 #61698A

analogous

#8A6D61 #8A8261 #7D8A61

triadic

#8A8261 #618A82 #82618A

tetradic

#8A8261 #618A6D #61698A #8A617D

square

#8A8261 #618A6D #61698A #8A617D

split-complementary

#8A8261 #617D8A #6D618A

monochromatic

#423E2E #666048 #8A8261 #A79F81 #C0BBA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#8A8261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#8A8261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8261

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8261	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89805F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#907D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.048 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca68e',
    500: '#8a8261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8261;
$custom-light: #aca68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.293,
    "s": 17.447,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60496,
    "c": 0.04813,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8261

secondary

#989DAF

accent

#7DBA6E

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4F0

border

#CECECB

text

#100F0C

muted

#7F7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8261

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

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