#8A8541#8A8541

#8A8541 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.090 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8541
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 65)
HSL	hsl(56, 36%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 52.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.62, -7.87, 36.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.62, 37.75, 102.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.6% -0.0233 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(60.6% 0.09 105)
XYZ	xyz(19.8234, 22.5606, 8.3104)
Luminance	0.2256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8541 #41468A

analogous

#8A6041 #8A8541 #6B8A41

triadic

#8A8541 #418A85 #85418A

tetradic

#8A8541 #418A60 #41468A #8A416B

square

#8A8541 #418A60 #41468A #8A416B

split-complementary

#8A8541 #416B8A #60418A

monochromatic

#37351A #605D2D #8A8541 #B0AA58 #C4BF82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#8A8541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#8A8541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8541

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8541	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)

#8F813B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.090 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea877',
    500: '#8a8541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8541;
$custom-light: #aea877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.89,
    "s": 35.961,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60604,
    "c": 0.09009,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.2256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8541

secondary

#787CAE

accent

#64CC5C

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4ED

border

#CFCEC8

text

#100F09

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8541

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

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