#8A8436#8A8436

#8A8436 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.100 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8436
RGB	rgb(138, 132, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.21, -8.24, 41.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.21, 42.71, 101.13°)
OKLab	oklab(60.24% -0.0256 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(60.24% 0.1 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3990, 22.1728, 6.7472)
Luminance	0.2217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8436 #363C8A

analogous

#8A5A36 #8A8436 #668A36

triadic

#8A8436 #368A84 #84368A

tetradic

#8A8436 #368A5A #363C8A #8A3666

square

#8A8436 #368A5A #363C8A #8A3666

split-complementary

#8A8436 #36668A #5A368A

monochromatic

#323014 #5E5A25 #8A8436 #B6AE47 #C8C272

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#8A8436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#8A8436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8436

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8436	1.00	3.86	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.86	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)

#8F802D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91833A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 132, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.100 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea770',
    500: '#8a8436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8436;
$custom-light: #aea770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60241,
    "c": 0.09981,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8436

secondary

#6B70B1

accent

#5DD354

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8436

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

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