#8A8528#8A8528

#8A8528 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.112 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8528
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 40)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.38, -9.71, 48.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.38, 49.27, 101.37°)
OKLab	oklab(60.34% -0.0314 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(60.34% 0.112 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2525, 22.3322, 5.3035)
Luminance	0.2233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8528 #282D8A

analogous

#8A5428 #8A8528 #5E8A28

triadic

#8A8528 #288A85 #85288A

tetradic

#8A8528 #288A54 #282D8A #8A285E

square

#8A8528 #288A54 #282D8A #8A285E

split-complementary

#8A8528 #285E8A #54288A

monochromatic

#2B2A0C #5B571A #8A8528 #B9B336 #D0CA5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#8A8528 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#8A8528 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8528

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8528	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8528	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)

#91801A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93842E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8528;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.112 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa868',
    500: '#8a8528',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8528;
$custom-light: #afa868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8528",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.939,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60337,
    "c": 0.11221,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8528

secondary

#595DB5

accent

#51DE49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8528

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

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