#8A831C#8A831C

#8A831C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.118 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A831C
RGB	rgb(138, 131, 28)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 79.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.73, -9.19, 52.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.73, 52.92, 100.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.8% -0.0312 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(59.8% 0.118 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.8080, 21.7205, 4.3001)
Luminance	0.2172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A831C #1C238A

analogous

#8A4C1C #8A831C #5A8A1C

triadic

#8A831C #1C8A83 #831C8A

tetradic

#8A831C #1C8A4C #1C238A #8A1C5A

square

#8A831C #1C8A4C #1C238A #8A1C5A

split-complementary

#8A831C #1C5A8A #4C1C8A

monochromatic

#242207 #575312 #8A831C #BDB326 #DAD047

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#8A831C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#8A831C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A831C

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A831C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A831C	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7E01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957A70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a831c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 131, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.118 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a662',
    500: '#8a831c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a831c;
$custom-light: #b0a662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a831c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.182,
    "s": 66.265,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59797,
    "c": 0.11769,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A831C

secondary

#464EBB

accent

#49E93F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A831C

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

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