#8A8427#8A8427

#8A8427 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.112 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8427
RGB	rgb(138, 132, 39)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.08, -9.22, 48.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.08, 49.28, 100.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.1% -0.0302 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(60.1% 0.112 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0995, 22.0530, 5.1696)
Luminance	0.2205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8427 #272D8A

analogous

#8A5327 #8A8427 #5E8A27

triadic

#8A8427 #278A84 #84278A

tetradic

#8A8427 #278A53 #272D8A #8A275E

square

#8A8427 #278A53 #272D8A #8A275E

split-complementary

#8A8427 #275E8A #53278A

monochromatic

#2B290C #5A561A #8A8427 #BAB234 #D1C95B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#8A8427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#8A8427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8427

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8427	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)

#907F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92832D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 132, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.112 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa767',
    500: '#8a8427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8427;
$custom-light: #afa767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.601,
    "c": 0.11191,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8427

secondary

#575DB6

accent

#52DF49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8427

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

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