#8A8540#8A8540

#8A8540 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.091 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8540
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 53.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, -7.96, 37.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 38.25, 102.01°)
OKLab	oklab(60.59% -0.0237 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(60.59% 0.091 105)
XYZ	xyz(19.7947, 22.5491, 8.1592)
Luminance	0.2255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8540 #40458A

analogous

#8A6040 #8A8540 #6A8A40

triadic

#8A8540 #408A85 #85408A

tetradic

#8A8540 #408A60 #40458A #8A406A

square

#8A8540 #408A60 #40458A #8A406A

split-complementary

#8A8540 #406A8A #60408A

monochromatic

#363419 #605D2D #8A8540 #B1AB56 #C4C080

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#8A8540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#8A8540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8540

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8540	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F813A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.091 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea877',
    500: '#8a8540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8540;
$custom-light: #aea877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.946,
    "s": 36.634,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60591,
    "c": 0.09113,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.22548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8540

secondary

#777BAF

accent

#63CD5B

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4ED

border

#CFCEC8

text

#100F09

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8540

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

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