#8A831E#8A831E

#8A831E 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	#8A831E
RGB	rgb(138, 131, 30)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 78.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.74, -9.11, 51.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.74, 52.25, 100.04°)
OKLab	oklab(59.81% -0.0308 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(59.81% 0.117 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.8327, 21.7303, 4.4304)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A831E #1E258A

analogous

#8A4D1E #8A831E #5B8A1E

triadic

#8A831E #1E8A83 #831E8A

tetradic

#8A831E #1E8A4D #1E258A #8A1E5B

square

#8A831E #1E8A4D #1E258A #8A1E5B

split-complementary

#8A831E #1E5B8A #4D1E8A

monochromatic

#252408 #585313 #8A831E #BCB329 #D8CF4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#8A831E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#8A831E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A831E

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A831E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A831E	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)

#8F7E06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957A70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a831e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 131, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.117 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a663',
    500: '#8a831e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a831e;
$custom-light: #b0a663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a831e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.111,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59809,
    "c": 0.1166,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A831E

secondary

#4A51BA

accent

#4BE741

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A831E

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

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