#8A8637#8A8637

#8A8637 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.101 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8637
RGB	rgb(138, 134, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.79, -9.26, 42.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.79, 43.08, 102.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.71% -0.0284 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(60.71% 0.101 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.6965, 22.7299, 6.9635)
Luminance	0.2273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8637 #373B8A

analogous

#8A5C37 #8A8637 #658A37

triadic

#8A8637 #378A86 #86378A

tetradic

#8A8637 #378A5C #373B8A #8A3765

square

#8A8637 #378A5C #373B8A #8A3765

split-complementary

#8A8637 #37658A #5C378A

monochromatic

#323114 #5E5C26 #8A8637 #B6B048 #C8C474

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#8A8637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#8A8637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8637

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8637	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91812E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93853B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 134, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.101 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea971',
    500: '#8a8637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8637;
$custom-light: #aea971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.108,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60709,
    "c": 0.10104,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8637

secondary

#6D70B0

accent

#5BD355

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8637

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

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