#8A8339#8A8339

#8A8339 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.096 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8339
RGB	rgb(138, 131, 57)
HSL	hsl(55, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 58.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.95, -7.46, 40.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.95, 40.86, 100.52°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% -0.0231 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.096 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3367, 21.9319, 7.0848)
Luminance	0.2193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8339 #39408A

analogous

#8A5A39 #8A8339 #688A39

triadic

#8A8339 #398A83 #83398A

tetradic

#8A8339 #398A5A #39408A #8A3968

square

#8A8339 #398A5A #39408A #8A3968

split-complementary

#8A8339 #39688A #5A398A

monochromatic

#333115 #5F5A27 #8A8339 #B5AC4B #C7C077

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#8A8339 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#8A8339 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8339

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8339	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8339	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90833D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8339;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 131, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.096 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea672',
    500: '#8a8339',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8339;
$custom-light: #aea672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8339",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.815,
    "s": 41.538,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60049,
    "c": 0.09595,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8339

secondary

#6F75B0

accent

#61D156

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8339

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

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