#8A8323#8A8323

#8A8323 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.114 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8323
RGB	rgb(138, 131, 35)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.77, -8.88, 49.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.77, 50.46, 100.14°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% -0.0296 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.114 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.9017, 21.7579, 4.7938)
Luminance	0.2176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8323 #232A8A

analogous

#8A5023 #8A8323 #5E8A23

triadic

#8A8323 #238A83 #83238A

tetradic

#8A8323 #238A50 #232A8A #8A235E

square

#8A8323 #238A50 #232A8A #8A235E

split-complementary

#8A8323 #235E8A #50238A

monochromatic

#28260A #595517 #8A8323 #BBB12F #D4CB54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#8A8323 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#8A8323 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8323

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8323	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8323	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	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)

#8F7E11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91822A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957A70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8323;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 131, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.114 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa665',
    500: '#8a8323',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8323;
$custom-light: #afa665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8323",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.922,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59842,
    "c": 0.1136,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8323

secondary

#5158B7

accent

#50E345

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8323

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

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