#8A8438#8A8438

#8A8438 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.098 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8438
RGB	rgb(138, 132, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.23, -8.09, 40.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.23, 41.76, 101.17°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% -0.025 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.098 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4469, 22.1920, 6.9997)
Luminance	0.2219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8438 #383E8A

analogous

#8A5B38 #8A8438 #678A38

triadic

#8A8438 #388A84 #84388A

tetradic

#8A8438 #388A5B #383E8A #8A3867

square

#8A8438 #388A5B #383E8A #8A3867

split-complementary

#8A8438 #38678A #5B388A

monochromatic

#333115 #5E5A26 #8A8438 #B5AE4A #C7C175

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#8A8438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#8A8438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8438

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8438	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)

#8F8030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91833C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 132, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.098 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea772',
    500: '#8a8438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8438;
$custom-light: #aea772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.61,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60264,
    "c": 0.09796,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8438

secondary

#6E73B0

accent

#5FD256

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8438

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

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