#8A8623#8A8623

#8A8623 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.117 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8623
RGB	rgb(138, 134, 35)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(58, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.63, -10.51, 50.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.63, 51.58, 101.76°)
OKLab	oklab(60.53% -0.0342 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(60.53% 0.117 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.3105, 22.5755, 4.9301)
Luminance	0.2258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8623 #23278A

analogous

#8A5323 #8A8623 #5B8A23

triadic

#8A8623 #238A86 #86238A

tetradic

#8A8623 #238A53 #23278A #8A235B

square

#8A8623 #238A53 #23278A #8A235B

split-complementary

#8A8623 #235B8A #53238A

monochromatic

#28270A #595717 #8A8623 #BBB52F #D4CF54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#8A8623 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#8A8623 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8623

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8623	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8623	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928110

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94842A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947D73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8623;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 134, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.117 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa966',
    500: '#8a8623',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8623;
$custom-light: #afa966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8623",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.67,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60529,
    "c": 0.11655,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8623

secondary

#5155B7

accent

#4BE345

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8623

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

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