#8A8523#8A8523

#8A8523 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.116 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8523
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 35)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.34, -9.97, 50.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.34, 51.20, 101.23°)
OKLab	oklab(60.3% -0.0327 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(60.3% 0.116 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1729, 22.3004, 4.8842)
Luminance	0.2230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8523 #23288A

analogous

#8A5223 #8A8523 #5C8A23

triadic

#8A8523 #238A85 #85238A

tetradic

#8A8523 #238A52 #23288A #8A235C

square

#8A8523 #238A52 #23288A #8A235C

split-complementary

#8A8523 #235C8A #52238A

monochromatic

#28270A #595617 #8A8523 #BBB42F #D4CD54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#8A8523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#8A8523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8523

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8523	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)

#918011

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93842A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.116 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa866',
    500: '#8a8523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8523;
$custom-light: #afa866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.087,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.603,
    "c": 0.11556,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8523

secondary

#5156B7

accent

#4DE345

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8523

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

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