#8A8530#8A8530

#8A8530 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.106 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8530
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 48)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 65.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.44, -9.22, 44.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.44, 45.88, 101.59°)
OKLab	oklab(60.41% -0.0291 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(60.41% 0.106 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.4030, 22.3924, 6.0958)
Luminance	0.2239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8530 #30358A

analogous

#8A5830 #8A8530 #628A30

triadic

#8A8530 #308A85 #85308A

tetradic

#8A8530 #308A58 #30358A #8A3062

square

#8A8530 #308A58 #30358A #8A3062

split-complementary

#8A8530 #30628A #58308A

monochromatic

#2F2D10 #5D5920 #8A8530 #B7B140 #CBC669

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#8A8530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#8A8530 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8530

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8530	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908025

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.106 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa86d',
    500: '#8a8530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8530;
$custom-light: #afa86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60407,
    "c": 0.10608,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8530

secondary

#6468B2

accent

#57D850

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8530

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

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