#8A832E#8A832E

#8A832E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.106 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A832E
RGB	rgb(138, 131, 46)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 66.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.85, -8.26, 45.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.85, 45.96, 100.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.93% -0.0266 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(59.93% 0.106 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0914, 21.8338, 5.7929)
Luminance	0.2183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A832E #2E358A

analogous

#8A552E #8A832E #638A2E

triadic

#8A832E #2E8A83 #832E8A

tetradic

#8A832E #2E8A55 #2E358A #8A2E63

square

#8A832E #2E8A55 #2E358A #8A2E63

split-complementary

#8A832E #2E638A #552E8A

monochromatic

#2E2C0F #5C571F #8A832E #B8AF3D #CCC466

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#8A832E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#8A832E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A832E

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A832E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A832E	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7E23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947A71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a832e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 131, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.106 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa66b',
    500: '#8a832e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a832e;
$custom-light: #afa66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a832e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.435,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59932,
    "c": 0.10566,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A832E

secondary

#6167B3

accent

#59DA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A832E

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

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