#8A8522#8A8522

#8A8522 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.116 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8522
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 34)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 75.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.34, -10.02, 50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.34, 51.57, 101.20°)
OKLab	oklab(60.29% -0.0329 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(60.29% 0.116 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.1583, 22.2945, 4.8072)
Luminance	0.2229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8522 #22278A

analogous

#8A5122 #8A8522 #5B8A22

triadic

#8A8522 #228A85 #85228A

tetradic

#8A8522 #228A51 #22278A #8A225B

square

#8A8522 #228A51 #22278A #8A225B

split-complementary

#8A8522 #225B8A #51228A

monochromatic

#28260A #595616 #8A8522 #BBB42E #D4CE52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#8A8522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#8A8522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8522

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8522	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)

#91800E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.116 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa865',
    500: '#8a8522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8522;
$custom-light: #afa865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.115,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60293,
    "c": 0.11618,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8522

secondary

#5055B8

accent

#4CE444

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8522

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

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