#8A8336#8A8336

#8A8336 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.099 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8336
RGB	rgb(138, 131, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.92, -7.69, 41.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.92, 42.30, 100.48°)
OKLab	oklab(60.01% -0.0241 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(60.01% 0.099 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.2640, 21.9029, 6.7022)
Luminance	0.2190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8336 #363D8A

analogous

#8A5936 #8A8336 #678A36

triadic

#8A8336 #368A83 #83368A

tetradic

#8A8336 #368A59 #363D8A #8A3667

square

#8A8336 #368A59 #363D8A #8A3667

split-complementary

#8A8336 #36678A #59368A

monochromatic

#322F14 #5E5925 #8A8336 #B6AD47 #C8C172

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#8A8336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#8A8336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8336

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8336	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7F2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90833A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 131, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.099 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea670',
    500: '#8a8336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8336;
$custom-light: #aea670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60014,
    "c": 0.09876,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8336

secondary

#6B71B1

accent

#5FD354

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8336

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

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