#8A831F#8A831F

#8A831F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.116 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A831F
RGB	rgb(138, 131, 31)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 77.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.75, -9.07, 51.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.75, 51.91, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(59.82% -0.0305 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(59.82% 0.116 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.8457, 21.7355, 4.4987)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A831F #1F268A

analogous

#8A4D1F #8A831F #5B8A1F

triadic

#8A831F #1F8A83 #831F8A

tetradic

#8A831F #1F8A4D #1F268A #8A1F5B

square

#8A831F #1F8A4D #1F268A #8A1F5B

split-complementary

#8A831F #1F5B8A #4D1F8A

monochromatic

#262409 #585414 #8A831F #BCB22A #D7CE4C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#8A831F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#8A831F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A831F

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A831F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A831F	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)

#8F7E08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957A70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a831f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 131, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.116 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a663',
    500: '#8a831f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a831f;
$custom-light: #b0a663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a831f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.075,
    "s": 63.314,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59815,
    "c": 0.11603,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A831F

secondary

#4B52BA

accent

#4CE641

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A831F

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

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