#8A8420#8A8420

#8A8420 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.116 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8420
RGB	rgb(138, 132, 32)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 76.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.04, -9.57, 51.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.04, 51.92, 100.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% -0.0319 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.116 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9940, 22.0108, 4.6142)
Luminance	0.2201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8420 #20268A

analogous

#8A4F20 #8A8420 #5B8A20

triadic

#8A8420 #208A84 #84208A

tetradic

#8A8420 #208A4F #20268A #8A205B

square

#8A8420 #208A4F #20268A #8A205B

split-complementary

#8A8420 #205B8A #4F208A

monochromatic

#272509 #585414 #8A8420 #BCB42C #D6CE4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#8A8420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#8A8420 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8420

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8420	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957B71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 132, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.116 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa764',
    500: '#8a8420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8420;
$custom-light: #afa764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.604,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6005,
    "c": 0.1164,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8420

secondary

#4D53B9

accent

#4CE542

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8420

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

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