#8A8423#8A8423

#8A8423 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.115 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8423
RGB	rgb(138, 132, 35)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.06, -9.43, 49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.06, 50.83, 100.69°)
OKLab	oklab(60.07% -0.0312 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(60.07% 0.115 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.0366, 22.0279, 4.8388)
Luminance	0.2203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8423 #23298A

analogous

#8A5123 #8A8423 #5D8A23

triadic

#8A8423 #238A84 #84238A

tetradic

#8A8423 #238A51 #23298A #8A235D

square

#8A8423 #238A51 #23298A #8A235D

split-complementary

#8A8423 #235D8A #51238A

monochromatic

#28270A #595517 #8A8423 #BBB32F #D4CC54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#8A8423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#8A8423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8423

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8423	1.00	3.89	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.89	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)

#907F11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92832A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957B71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 132, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.115 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa765',
    500: '#8a8423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8423;
$custom-light: #afa765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.505,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6007,
    "c": 0.11458,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8423

secondary

#5157B7

accent

#4EE345

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8423

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

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