#8A8424#8A8424

#8A8424 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.114 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8424
RGB	rgb(138, 132, 36)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 73.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.06, -9.38, 49.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.06, 50.45, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(60.08% -0.0309 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(60.08% 0.114 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.0517, 22.0339, 4.9181)
Luminance	0.2203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8424 #242A8A

analogous

#8A5124 #8A8424 #5D8A24

triadic

#8A8424 #248A84 #84248A

tetradic

#8A8424 #248A51 #242A8A #8A245D

square

#8A8424 #248A51 #242A8A #8A245D

split-complementary

#8A8424 #245D8A #51248A

monochromatic

#29270B #595617 #8A8424 #BBB231 #D3CB56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#8A8424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#8A8424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8424

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8424	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)

#907F13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92832B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947B71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 132, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.114 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa766',
    500: '#8a8424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8424;
$custom-light: #afa766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60077,
    "c": 0.11394,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8424

secondary

#5359B7

accent

#4FE246

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8424

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

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