#8A8546#8A8546

#8A8546 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.085 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8546
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 70)
HSL	hsl(56, 33%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 49%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 49.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, -7.38, 34.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 35.18, 102.12°)
OKLab	oklab(60.68% -0.0213 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(60.68% 0.085 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.9747, 22.6211, 9.1073)
Luminance	0.2262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8546 #464B8A

analogous

#8A6346 #8A8546 #6D8A46

triadic

#8A8546 #468A85 #85468A

tetradic

#8A8546 #468A63 #464B8A #8A466D

square

#8A8546 #468A63 #464B8A #8A466D

split-complementary

#8A8546 #466D8A #63468A

monochromatic

#39371D #615E31 #8A8546 #AEA85F #C3BE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8A8546 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#8A8546 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8546

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8546	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8546	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)

#8F8141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8546;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.085 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea87b',
    500: '#8a8546',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8546;
$custom-light: #aea87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8546",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.588,
    "s": 32.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60675,
    "c": 0.0847,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8546

secondary

#7E81AE

accent

#67C95F

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F4F4EE

border

#CECEC9

text

#100F09

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8546

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

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