#8A8521#8A8521

#8A8521 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.117 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8521
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 33)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.33, -10.06, 50.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.33, 51.93, 101.18°)
OKLab	oklab(60.29% -0.0332 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(60.29% 0.117 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.1441, 22.2888, 4.7323)
Luminance	0.2229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8521 #21268A

analogous

#8A5021 #8A8521 #5A8A21

triadic

#8A8521 #218A85 #85218A

tetradic

#8A8521 #218A50 #21268A #8A215A

square

#8A8521 #218A50 #21268A #8A215A

split-complementary

#8A8521 #215A8A #50218A

monochromatic

#272609 #595515 #8A8521 #BBB52D #D5CF50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#8A8521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#8A8521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8521

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8521	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91800C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.117 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa865',
    500: '#8a8521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8521;
$custom-light: #afa865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60286,
    "c": 0.11679,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8521

secondary

#4E53B9

accent

#4BE543

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8521

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

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