#8A8554#8A8554

#8A8554 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.068 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8554
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 84)
HSL	hsl(54, 24%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 39%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 39.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, -5.84, 27.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 27.72, 102.15°)
OKLab	oklab(60.9% -0.0156 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(60.9% 0.068 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4693, 22.8189, 11.7120)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8554 #54598A

analogous

#8A6A54 #8A8554 #748A54

triadic

#8A8554 #548A85 #85548A

tetradic

#8A8554 #548A6A #54598A #8A5474

square

#8A8554 #548A6A #54598A #8A5474

split-complementary

#8A8554 #54748A #6A548A

monochromatic

#3E3C26 #64603D #8A8554 #A9A472 #C0BD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#8A8554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#8A8554 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8554

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8554	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	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)

#8D8250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.068 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada885',
    500: '#8a8554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8554;
$custom-light: #ada885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.444,
    "s": 24.324,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60904,
    "c": 0.06827,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8554

secondary

#8C8FAE

accent

#6FC167

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4EF

border

#CECECA

text

#100F0B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8554

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

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