#8A8331#8A8331

#8A8331 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.103 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8331
RGB	rgb(138, 131, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 64.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.88, -8.06, 43.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.88, 44.62, 100.40°)
OKLab	oklab(59.96% -0.0257 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(59.96% 0.103 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1526, 21.8583, 6.1153)
Luminance	0.2186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8331 #31388A

analogous

#8A5731 #8A8331 #658A31

triadic

#8A8331 #318A83 #83318A

tetradic

#8A8331 #318A57 #31388A #8A3165

square

#8A8331 #318A57 #31388A #8A3165

split-complementary

#8A8331 #31658A #57318A

monochromatic

#302D11 #5D5821 #8A8331 #B7AE41 #CAC36B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#8A8331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#8A8331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8331

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8331	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)

#8E7F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 131, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.103 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa66d',
    500: '#8a8331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8331;
$custom-light: #afa66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.281,
    "s": 47.594,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59961,
    "c": 0.10318,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8331

secondary

#656BB2

accent

#5BD751

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8331

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

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