#8A8636#8A8636

#8A8636 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.102 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8636
RGB	rgb(138, 134, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, -9.34, 42.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 43.55, 102.38°)
OKLab	oklab(60.7% -0.0288 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(60.7% 0.102 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.6728, 22.7204, 6.8385)
Luminance	0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8636 #363A8A

analogous

#8A5C36 #8A8636 #648A36

triadic

#8A8636 #368A86 #86368A

tetradic

#8A8636 #368A5C #363A8A #8A3664

square

#8A8636 #368A5C #363A8A #8A3664

split-complementary

#8A8636 #36648A #5C368A

monochromatic

#323114 #5E5B25 #8A8636 #B6B147 #C8C472

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#8A8636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#8A8636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8636

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8636	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)

#91812D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93853A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 134, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.102 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea970',
    500: '#8a8636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8636;
$custom-light: #aea970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60698,
    "c": 0.10195,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8636

secondary

#6B6FB1

accent

#5AD354

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8636

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

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