#8A8525#8A8525

#8A8525 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.114 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8525
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 37)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 73.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.36, -9.87, 49.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.36, 50.45, 101.28°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% -0.0322 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.114 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.2034, 22.3126, 5.0451)
Luminance	0.2231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8525 #252A8A

analogous

#8A5325 #8A8525 #5D8A25

triadic

#8A8525 #258A85 #85258A

tetradic

#8A8525 #258A53 #252A8A #8A255D

square

#8A8525 #258A53 #252A8A #8A255D

split-complementary

#8A8525 #255D8A #53258A

monochromatic

#29280B #5A5618 #8A8525 #BAB432 #D2CC57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#8A8525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#8A8525 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8525

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8525	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	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)

#918014

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93842C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.114 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa867',
    500: '#8a8525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8525;
$custom-light: #afa867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.03,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60314,
    "c": 0.11427,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8525

secondary

#5459B7

accent

#4EE147

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8525

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

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