#8A853A#8A853A

#8A853A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.097 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A853A
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 58)
HSL	hsl(56, 41%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 58%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.54, -8.47, 40.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.54, 41.22, 101.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% -0.0258 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.097 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.6331, 22.4844, 7.3079)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A853A #3A3F8A

analogous

#8A5D3A #8A853A #678A3A

triadic

#8A853A #3A8A85 #853A8A

tetradic

#8A853A #3A8A5D #3A3F8A #8A3A67

square

#8A853A #3A8A5D #3A3F8A #8A3A67

split-complementary

#8A853A #3A678A #5D3A8A

monochromatic

#343216 #5F5B28 #8A853A #B4AE4D #C6C178

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#8A853A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#8A853A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A853A

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A853A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A853A	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92843E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a853a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.097 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea873',
    500: '#8a853a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a853a;
$custom-light: #aea873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a853a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 40.816,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60515,
    "c": 0.09713,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A853A

secondary

#7074B0

accent

#5FD157

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4ED

border

#CFCEC8

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A853A

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

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