#8A842E#8A842E

#8A842E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.107 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A842E
RGB	rgb(138, 132, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 66.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.14, -8.80, 45.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.14, 46.35, 100.95°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% -0.0282 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.107 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2263, 22.1037, 5.8379)
Luminance	0.2210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A842E #2E348A

analogous

#8A562E #8A842E #628A2E

triadic

#8A842E #2E8A84 #842E8A

tetradic

#8A842E #2E8A56 #2E348A #8A2E62

square

#8A842E #2E8A56 #2E348A #8A2E62

split-complementary

#8A842E #2E628A #562E8A

monochromatic

#2E2C0F #5C581F #8A842E #B8B03D #CCC566

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#8A842E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#8A842E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A842E

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A842E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A842E	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7F23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a842e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 132, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.107 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa76b',
    500: '#8a842e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a842e;
$custom-light: #afa76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a842e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.087,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6016,
    "c": 0.10667,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A842E

secondary

#6166B3

accent

#57DA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A842E

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

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