#8A8537#8A8537

#8A8537 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.100 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8537
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.51, -8.71, 41.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.51, 42.66, 101.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.48% -0.0269 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(60.48% 0.1 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5590, 22.4548, 6.9176)
Luminance	0.2245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8537 #373C8A

analogous

#8A5C37 #8A8537 #658A37

triadic

#8A8537 #378A85 #85378A

tetradic

#8A8537 #378A5C #373C8A #8A3765

square

#8A8537 #378A5C #373C8A #8A3765

split-complementary

#8A8537 #37658A #5C378A

monochromatic

#323114 #5E5B26 #8A8537 #B6AF48 #C8C374

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#8A8537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#8A8537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8537

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8537	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	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)

#90802F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92843B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.100 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea871',
    500: '#8a8537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8537;
$custom-light: #aea871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.386,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6048,
    "c": 0.09996,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8537

secondary

#6D71B0

accent

#5DD355

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8537

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

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