#8A831D#8A831D

#8A831D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.117 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A831D
RGB	rgb(138, 131, 29)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 79%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.73, -9.15, 51.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.73, 52.59, 100.02°)
OKLab	oklab(59.8% -0.031 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(59.8% 0.117 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.8201, 21.7253, 4.3642)
Luminance	0.2172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A831D #1D248A

analogous

#8A4D1D #8A831D #5A8A1D

triadic

#8A831D #1D8A83 #831D8A

tetradic

#8A831D #1D8A4D #1D248A #8A1D5A

square

#8A831D #1D8A4D #1D248A #8A1D5A

split-complementary

#8A831D #1D5A8A #4D1D8A

monochromatic

#252308 #575312 #8A831D #BDB328 #D9CF49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#8A831D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#8A831D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A831D

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A831D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A831D	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7E03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957A70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a831d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 131, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.117 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a662',
    500: '#8a831d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a831d;
$custom-light: #b0a662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a831d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.147,
    "s": 65.269,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59803,
    "c": 0.11715,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A831D

secondary

#484FBB

accent

#4AE840

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A831D

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

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