#8A8529#8A8529

#8A8529 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.112 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8529
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 41)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 70.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.38, -9.65, 47.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.38, 48.86, 101.39°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% -0.0312 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.112 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.2697, 22.3391, 5.3942)
Luminance	0.2234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8529 #292E8A

analogous

#8A5429 #8A8529 #5F8A29

triadic

#8A8529 #298A85 #85298A

tetradic

#8A8529 #298A54 #292E8A #8A295F

square

#8A8529 #298A54 #292E8A #8A295F

split-complementary

#8A8529 #295F8A #54298A

monochromatic

#2C2A0D #5B581B #8A8529 #B9B237 #CFC95E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#8A8529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#8A8529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8529

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8529	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)

#91801B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93842F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.112 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa869',
    500: '#8a8529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8529;
$custom-light: #afa869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.907,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60345,
    "c": 0.1115,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8529

secondary

#5A5FB5

accent

#52DE4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8529

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

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