#8A8545#8A8545

#8A8545 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.086 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8545
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 33%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 50%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 50%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.67, -7.48, 34.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.67, 35.70, 102.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% -0.0217 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.086 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9434, 22.6086, 8.9424)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8545 #454A8A

analogous

#8A6245 #8A8545 #6C8A45

triadic

#8A8545 #458A85 #85458A

tetradic

#8A8545 #458A62 #454A8A #8A456C

square

#8A8545 #458A62 #454A8A #8A456C

split-complementary

#8A8545 #456C8A #62458A

monochromatic

#38361C #615E31 #8A8545 #AEA95E #C3BE87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8A8545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#8A8545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8545

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8545	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F813F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.086 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea87a',
    500: '#8a8545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8545;
$custom-light: #aea87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.652,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6066,
    "c": 0.08581,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8545

secondary

#7D80AE

accent

#66C95E

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F4F4EE

border

#CECEC9

text

#100F09

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8545

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

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