#8A8527#8A8527

#8A8527 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.113 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8527
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 39)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.37, -9.76, 48.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.37, 49.67, 101.34°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% -0.0317 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.113 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2357, 22.3255, 5.2151)
Luminance	0.2233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8527 #272C8A

analogous

#8A5427 #8A8527 #5D8A27

triadic

#8A8527 #278A85 #85278A

tetradic

#8A8527 #278A54 #272C8A #8A275D

square

#8A8527 #278A54 #272C8A #8A275D

split-complementary

#8A8527 #275D8A #54278A

monochromatic

#2B290C #5A571A #8A8527 #BAB334 #D1CB5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#8A8527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#8A8527 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8527

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8527	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918018

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93842D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.113 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa868',
    500: '#8a8527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8527;
$custom-light: #afa868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.97,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60329,
    "c": 0.11291,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8527

secondary

#575CB6

accent

#50DF49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8527

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

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