#8A8524#8A8524

#8A8524 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.115 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8524
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 36)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 73.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.35, -9.92, 49.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.35, 50.83, 101.26°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% -0.0324 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.115 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1880, 22.3064, 4.9636)
Luminance	0.2231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8524 #24298A

analogous

#8A5224 #8A8524 #5C8A24

triadic

#8A8524 #248A85 #85248A

tetradic

#8A8524 #248A52 #24298A #8A245C

square

#8A8524 #248A52 #24298A #8A245C

split-complementary

#8A8524 #245C8A #52248A

monochromatic

#29270B #595617 #8A8524 #BBB431 #D3CD56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#8A8524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#8A8524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8524

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8524	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)

#918013

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93842B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.115 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa866',
    500: '#8a8524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8524;
$custom-light: #afa866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.059,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60307,
    "c": 0.11492,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8524

secondary

#5358B7

accent

#4EE246

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8524

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

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