#8A8621#8A8621

#8A8621 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.118 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8621
RGB	rgb(138, 134, 33)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(58, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.62, -10.61, 51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.62, 52.30, 101.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.52% -0.0347 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(60.52% 0.118 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.2816, 22.5639, 4.7782)
Luminance	0.2256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8621 #21258A

analogous

#8A5121 #8A8621 #598A21

triadic

#8A8621 #218A86 #86218A

tetradic

#8A8621 #218A51 #21258A #8A2159

square

#8A8621 #218A51 #21258A #8A2159

split-complementary

#8A8621 #21598A #51218A

monochromatic

#272609 #595615 #8A8621 #BBB62D #D5D050

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#8A8621 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#8A8621 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8621

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8621	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8621	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92810C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947D73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8621;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 134, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.118 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa965',
    500: '#8a8621',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8621;
$custom-light: #afa965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8621",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.714,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60516,
    "c": 0.11778,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8621

secondary

#4E52B9

accent

#49E543

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8621

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

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