#8A8538#8A8538

#8A8538 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.099 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8538
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, -8.64, 41.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 42.18, 101.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60.49% -0.0265 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(60.49% 0.099 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.5832, 22.4645, 7.0451)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8538 #383D8A

analogous

#8A5C38 #8A8538 #668A38

triadic

#8A8538 #388A85 #85388A

tetradic

#8A8538 #388A5C #383D8A #8A3866

square

#8A8538 #388A5C #383D8A #8A3866

split-complementary

#8A8538 #38668A #5C388A

monochromatic

#333115 #5E5B26 #8A8538 #B5AF4A #C7C275

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#8A8538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#8A8538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8538

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8538	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)

#908030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92843C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.099 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea872',
    500: '#8a8538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8538;
$custom-light: #aea872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.341,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60492,
    "c": 0.09903,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8538

secondary

#6E72B0

accent

#5DD256

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8538

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

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