#8A8536#8A8536

#8A8536 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.101 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8536
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.50, -8.79, 42.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.50, 43.13, 101.76°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% -0.0272 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.101 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5353, 22.4453, 6.7927)
Luminance	0.2245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8536 #363B8A

analogous

#8A5B36 #8A8536 #658A36

triadic

#8A8536 #368A85 #85368A

tetradic

#8A8536 #368A5B #363B8A #8A3665

square

#8A8536 #368A5B #363B8A #8A3665

split-complementary

#8A8536 #36658A #5B368A

monochromatic

#323014 #5E5B25 #8A8536 #B6AF47 #C8C372

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#8A8536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#8A8536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8536

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8536	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)

#90802D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92843A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.101 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea870',
    500: '#8a8536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8536;
$custom-light: #aea870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.429,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60469,
    "c": 0.10087,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8536

secondary

#6B6FB1

accent

#5CD354

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8536

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

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