#8A8535#8A8535

#8A8535 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.102 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8535
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 53)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 61.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.49, -8.87, 42.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.49, 43.60, 101.73°)
OKLab	oklab(60.46% -0.0275 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(60.46% 0.102 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5120, 22.4360, 6.6702)
Luminance	0.2243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8535 #353A8A

analogous

#8A5B35 #8A8535 #648A35

triadic

#8A8535 #358A85 #85358A

tetradic

#8A8535 #358A5B #353A8A #8A3564

square

#8A8535 #358A5B #353A8A #8A3564

split-complementary

#8A8535 #35648A #5B358A

monochromatic

#323013 #5E5A24 #8A8535 #B6B046 #C8C371

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#8A8535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#8A8535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8535

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8535	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90802C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.102 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea870',
    500: '#8a8535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8535;
$custom-light: #aea870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 44.503,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60458,
    "c": 0.10178,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8535

secondary

#6A6EB1

accent

#5BD454

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8535

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

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