#8A8355#8A8355

#8A8355 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.065 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8355
RGB	rgb(138, 131, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 24%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 38%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 38.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.34, -4.60, 25.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.34, 26.24, 100.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% -0.012 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.065 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.2375, 22.2923, 11.8294)
Luminance	0.2229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8355 #555C8A

analogous

#8A6855 #8A8355 #768A55

triadic

#8A8355 #558A83 #83558A

tetradic

#8A8355 #558A68 #555C8A #8A5576

square

#8A8355 #558A68 #555C8A #8A5576

split-complementary

#8A8355 #55768A #68558A

monochromatic

#3E3B26 #645F3E #8A8355 #A9A273 #C0BB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#8A8355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#8A8355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8355

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8355	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 131, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.065 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada685',
    500: '#8a8355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8355;
$custom-light: #ada685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.075,
    "s": 23.767,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60474,
    "c": 0.06471,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8355

secondary

#8D91AE

accent

#73C068

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4EF

border

#CECECA

text

#100F0B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8355

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

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