#8A8552#8A8552

#8A8552 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.071 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8552
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 82)
HSL	hsl(55, 25%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 41%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 40.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.85, -6.08, 28.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.85, 28.81, 102.18°)
OKLab	oklab(60.87% -0.0164 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(60.87% 0.071 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.3921, 22.7880, 11.3053)
Luminance	0.2279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8552 #52578A

analogous

#8A6952 #8A8552 #738A52

triadic

#8A8552 #528A85 #85528A

tetradic

#8A8552 #528A69 #52578A #8A5273

square

#8A8552 #528A69 #52578A #8A5273

split-complementary

#8A8552 #52738A #69528A

monochromatic

#3D3B24 #64603B #8A8552 #AAA56F #C1BD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#8A8552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#8A8552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8552

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8552	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D824E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.071 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada883',
    500: '#8a8552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8552;
$custom-light: #ada883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.643,
    "s": 25.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60869,
    "c": 0.07073,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8552

secondary

#8A8DAE

accent

#6EC266

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4EF

border

#CECECA

text

#100F0A

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8552

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

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