#8A8342#8A8342

#8A8342 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.087 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8342
RGB	rgb(138, 131, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 35%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 52.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.06, -6.67, 35.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.06, 36.36, 100.57°)
OKLab	oklab(60.17% -0.0197 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(60.17% 0.087 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.5815, 22.0299, 8.3739)
Luminance	0.2203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8342 #42498A

analogous

#8A5F42 #8A8342 #6D8A42

triadic

#8A8342 #428A83 #83428A

tetradic

#8A8342 #428A5F #42498A #8A426D

square

#8A8342 #428A5F #42498A #8A426D

split-complementary

#8A8342 #426D8A #5F428A

monochromatic

#37341A #615C2E #8A8342 #B0A759 #C4BD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#8A8342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#8A8342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8342

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8342	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 131, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.087 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea678',
    500: '#8a8342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8342;
$custom-light: #aea678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.167,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60165,
    "c": 0.08683,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8342

secondary

#797FAE

accent

#67CB5C

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4ED

border

#CFCEC8

text

#100F09

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8342

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

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