#8A8429#8A8429

#8A8429 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.110 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8429
RGB	rgb(138, 132, 41)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 70.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.10, -9.11, 47.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.10, 48.47, 100.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.12% -0.0296 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(60.12% 0.11 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.1335, 22.0666, 5.3488)
Luminance	0.2207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8429 #292F8A

analogous

#8A5429 #8A8429 #5F8A29

triadic

#8A8429 #298A84 #84298A

tetradic

#8A8429 #298A54 #292F8A #8A295F

square

#8A8429 #298A54 #292F8A #8A295F

split-complementary

#8A8429 #295F8A #54298A

monochromatic

#2C2A0D #5B571B #8A8429 #B9B137 #CFC85E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#8A8429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#8A8429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8429

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8429	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)

#907F1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92832F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 132, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.110 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa769',
    500: '#8a8429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8429;
$custom-light: #afa769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.289,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60116,
    "c": 0.11049,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8429

secondary

#5A60B5

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8429

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →