#8A8320#8A8320

#8A8320 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.115 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8320
RGB	rgb(138, 131, 32)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 76.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.75, -9.02, 50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.75, 51.56, 100.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.82% -0.0303 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(59.82% 0.115 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.8590, 21.7409, 4.5692)
Luminance	0.2174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8320 #20278A

analogous

#8A4E20 #8A8320 #5C8A20

triadic

#8A8320 #208A83 #83208A

tetradic

#8A8320 #208A4E #20278A #8A205C

square

#8A8320 #208A4E #20278A #8A205C

split-complementary

#8A8320 #205C8A #4E208A

monochromatic

#272509 #585414 #8A8320 #BCB22C #D6CD4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#8A8320 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#8A8320 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8320

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8320	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8320	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)

#8F7E0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957A70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8320;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 131, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.115 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa664',
    500: '#8a8320',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8320;
$custom-light: #afa664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8320",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.038,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59821,
    "c": 0.11545,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8320

secondary

#4D54B9

accent

#4DE542

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8320

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

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