#8A8437#8A8437

#8A8437 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.099 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8437
RGB	rgb(138, 132, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.22, -8.17, 41.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.22, 42.24, 101.15°)
OKLab	oklab(60.25% -0.0253 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(60.25% 0.099 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4227, 22.1823, 6.8722)
Luminance	0.2218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8437 #373D8A

analogous

#8A5B37 #8A8437 #668A37

triadic

#8A8437 #378A84 #84378A

tetradic

#8A8437 #378A5B #373D8A #8A3766

square

#8A8437 #378A5B #373D8A #8A3766

split-complementary

#8A8437 #37668A #5B378A

monochromatic

#323014 #5E5A26 #8A8437 #B6AE48 #C8C174

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#8A8437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#8A8437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8437

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8437	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F802F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91833B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 132, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.099 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea771',
    500: '#8a8437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8437;
$custom-light: #aea771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.663,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60253,
    "c": 0.09889,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8437

secondary

#6D71B0

accent

#5ED355

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8437

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

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