#8A8635#8A8635

#8A8635 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.103 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8635
RGB	rgb(138, 134, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 61.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.77, -9.41, 43.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.77, 44.02, 102.34°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% -0.0291 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.103 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.6496, 22.7111, 6.7161)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8635 #35398A

analogous

#8A5B35 #8A8635 #648A35

triadic

#8A8635 #358A86 #86358A

tetradic

#8A8635 #358A5B #35398A #8A3564

square

#8A8635 #358A5B #35398A #8A3564

split-complementary

#8A8635 #35648A #5B358A

monochromatic

#323013 #5E5B24 #8A8635 #B6B146 #C8C471

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#8A8635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#8A8635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8635

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8635	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91812C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93853A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 134, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.103 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea970',
    500: '#8a8635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8635;
$custom-light: #aea970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.176,
    "s": 44.503,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60687,
    "c": 0.10285,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8635

secondary

#6A6DB1

accent

#5AD454

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8635

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

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