#8A8431#8A8431

#8A8431 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.104 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8431
RGB	rgb(138, 132, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 64.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.16, -8.60, 44.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.16, 45.02, 101.02°)
OKLab	oklab(60.19% -0.0273 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(60.19% 0.104 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.2876, 22.1282, 6.1603)
Luminance	0.2213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8431 #31378A

analogous

#8A5831 #8A8431 #648A31

triadic

#8A8431 #318A84 #84318A

tetradic

#8A8431 #318A58 #31378A #8A3164

square

#8A8431 #318A58 #31378A #8A3164

split-complementary

#8A8431 #31648A #58318A

monochromatic

#302E11 #5D5921 #8A8431 #B7AF41 #CAC46B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#8A8431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#8A8431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8431

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8431	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 132, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.104 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa76d',
    500: '#8a8431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8431;
$custom-light: #afa76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.955,
    "s": 47.594,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60189,
    "c": 0.1042,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8431

secondary

#656AB2

accent

#5AD751

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8431

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

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