#8A8327#8A8327

#8A8327 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.111 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8327
RGB	rgb(138, 131, 39)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.80, -8.67, 48.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.80, 48.90, 100.22°)
OKLab	oklab(59.87% -0.0286 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(59.87% 0.111 105)
XYZ	xyz(18.9645, 21.7831, 5.1247)
Luminance	0.2178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8327 #272E8A

analogous

#8A5227 #8A8327 #5F8A27

triadic

#8A8327 #278A83 #83278A

tetradic

#8A8327 #278A52 #272E8A #8A275F

square

#8A8327 #278A52 #272E8A #8A275F

split-complementary

#8A8327 #275F8A #52278A

monochromatic

#2B280C #5A561A #8A8327 #BAB034 #D1C85B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#8A8327 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#8A8327 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8327

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8327	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8327	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7E19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91822D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947A71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8327;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 131, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.111 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa667',
    500: '#8a8327',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8327;
$custom-light: #afa667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8327",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.758,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59871,
    "c": 0.11093,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.21782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8327

secondary

#575EB6

accent

#53DF49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8327

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

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