#8A8553#8A8553

#8A8553 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.070 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8553
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 83)
HSL	hsl(55, 25%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 40%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 39.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.87, -5.96, 27.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.87, 28.27, 102.17°)
OKLab	oklab(60.89% -0.016 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(60.89% 0.07 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.4304, 22.8034, 11.5072)
Luminance	0.2280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8553 #53588A

analogous

#8A6953 #8A8553 #738A53

triadic

#8A8553 #538A85 #85538A

tetradic

#8A8553 #538A69 #53588A #8A5373

square

#8A8553 #538A69 #53588A #8A5373

split-complementary

#8A8553 #53738A #69538A

monochromatic

#3E3B25 #64603C #8A8553 #A9A471 #C0BD97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#8A8553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#8A8553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8553

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8553	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)

#8D824F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.070 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada884',
    500: '#8a8553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8553;
$custom-light: #ada884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 24.887,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60886,
    "c": 0.0695,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8553

secondary

#8B8EAE

accent

#6FC166

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4EF

border

#CECECA

text

#100F0B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8553

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

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