#8A8532#8A8532

#8A8532 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.104 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8532
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 50)
HSL	hsl(57, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 63.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.46, -9.08, 44.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.46, 44.98, 101.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.43% -0.0285 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(60.43% 0.104 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4452, 22.4093, 6.3181)
Luminance	0.2241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8532 #32378A

analogous

#8A5932 #8A8532 #638A32

triadic

#8A8532 #328A85 #85328A

tetradic

#8A8532 #328A59 #32378A #8A3263

square

#8A8532 #328A59 #32378A #8A3263

split-complementary

#8A8532 #32638A #59328A

monochromatic

#302E11 #5D5A22 #8A8532 #B7B042 #CAC56C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#8A8532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#8A8532 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8532

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8532	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)

#908028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.104 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa86e',
    500: '#8a8532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8532;
$custom-light: #afa86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.591,
    "s": 46.809,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60427,
    "c": 0.1044,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8532

secondary

#666AB2

accent

#59D651

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8532

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

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