#8A8421#8A8421

#8A8421 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.116 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8421
RGB	rgb(138, 132, 33)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.04, -9.52, 50.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.04, 51.56, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% -0.0316 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.116 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.0078, 22.0163, 4.6869)
Luminance	0.2202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8421 #21278A

analogous

#8A4F21 #8A8421 #5B8A21

triadic

#8A8421 #218A84 #84218A

tetradic

#8A8421 #218A4F #21278A #8A215B

square

#8A8421 #218A4F #21278A #8A215B

split-complementary

#8A8421 #215B8A #4F218A

monochromatic

#272609 #595515 #8A8421 #BBB32D #D5CE50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#8A8421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#8A8421 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8421

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8421	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)

#907F0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957B71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 132, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.116 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa764',
    500: '#8a8421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8421;
$custom-light: #afa764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60057,
    "c": 0.11581,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8421

secondary

#4E54B9

accent

#4DE543

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8421

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

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