#8A855A#8A855A

#8A855A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.061 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A855A
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 90)
HSL	hsl(54, 21%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 35%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 34.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.99, -5.08, 23.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.99, 24.44, 102.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.02% -0.013 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(61.02% 0.061 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.7145, 22.9170, 13.0031)
Luminance	0.2292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A855A #5A5F8A

analogous

#8A6D5A #8A855A #778A5A

triadic

#8A855A #5A8A85 #855A8A

tetradic

#8A855A #5A8A6D #5A5F8A #8A5A77

square

#8A855A #5A8A6D #5A5F8A #8A5A77

split-complementary

#8A855A #5A778A #6D5A8A

monochromatic

#403E2A #656142 #8A855A #A8A379 #C0BD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#8A855A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#8A855A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A855A

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A855A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A855A	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E855C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a855a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.061 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada889',
    500: '#8a855a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a855a;
$custom-light: #ada889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a855a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.75,
    "s": 21.053,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61018,
    "c": 0.0607,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A855A

secondary

#9295AE

accent

#73BE6A

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4F0

border

#CECECB

text

#100F0B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A855A

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

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