#8A8531#8A8531

#8A8531 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.105 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8531
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 64.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.45, -9.15, 44.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.45, 45.43, 101.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.42% -0.0288 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(60.42% 0.105 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.4238, 22.4007, 6.2057)
Luminance	0.2240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8531 #31368A

analogous

#8A5931 #8A8531 #638A31

triadic

#8A8531 #318A85 #85318A

tetradic

#8A8531 #318A59 #31368A #8A3163

square

#8A8531 #318A59 #31368A #8A3163

split-complementary

#8A8531 #31638A #59318A

monochromatic

#302E11 #5D5921 #8A8531 #B7B141 #CAC56B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#8A8531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#8A8531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8531

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8531	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)

#908027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.105 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa86d',
    500: '#8a8531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8531;
$custom-light: #afa86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.629,
    "s": 47.594,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60417,
    "c": 0.10525,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8531

secondary

#6569B2

accent

#58D751

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8531

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

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