#8A8432#8A8432

#8A8432 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.103 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8432
RGB	rgb(138, 132, 50)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 63.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.17, -8.54, 43.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.17, 44.57, 101.04°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% -0.027 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.103 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.3089, 22.1368, 6.2727)
Luminance	0.2214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8432 #32388A

analogous

#8A5832 #8A8432 #648A32

triadic

#8A8432 #328A84 #84328A

tetradic

#8A8432 #328A58 #32388A #8A3264

square

#8A8432 #328A58 #32388A #8A3264

split-complementary

#8A8432 #32648A #58328A

monochromatic

#302E11 #5D5922 #8A8432 #B7AF42 #CAC46C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#8A8432 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#8A8432 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8432

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8432	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8432	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)

#8F7F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8432;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 132, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.103 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa76e',
    500: '#8a8432',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8432;
$custom-light: #afa76e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8432",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 46.809,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60199,
    "c": 0.10336,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8432

secondary

#666BB2

accent

#5AD651

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8432

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

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