#8A8451#8A8451

#8A8451 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.071 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8451
RGB	rgb(138, 132, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 26%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 41%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 41.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.55, -5.64, 28.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.55, 28.88, 101.26°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% -0.0153 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.071 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.2181, 22.5004, 11.0610)
Luminance	0.2250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8451 #51578A

analogous

#8A6751 #8A8451 #738A51

triadic

#8A8451 #518A84 #84518A

tetradic

#8A8451 #518A67 #51578A #8A5173

square

#8A8451 #518A67 #51578A #8A5173

split-complementary

#8A8451 #51738A #67518A

monochromatic

#3D3A24 #635F3A #8A8451 #AAA46E #C1BC95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#8A8451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#8A8451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8451

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8451	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D814D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 132, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.071 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada782',
    500: '#8a8451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8451;
$custom-light: #ada782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 26.027,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60626,
    "c": 0.07078,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8451

secondary

#898DAE

accent

#6FC265

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4EF

border

#CECECA

text

#100F0A

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8451

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

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