#8A8640#8A8640

#8A8640 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.092 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8640
RGB	rgb(138, 134, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 53.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, -8.50, 37.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 38.70, 102.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.82% -0.0252 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(60.82% 0.092 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.9323, 22.8242, 8.2050)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8640 #40448A

analogous

#8A6140 #8A8640 #698A40

triadic

#8A8640 #408A86 #86408A

tetradic

#8A8640 #408A61 #40448A #8A4069

square

#8A8640 #408A61 #40448A #8A4069

split-complementary

#8A8640 #40698A #61408A

monochromatic

#363519 #605D2D #8A8640 #B1AC56 #C4C180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#8A8640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#8A8640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8640

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8640	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 134, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.092 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea977',
    500: '#8a8640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8640;
$custom-light: #aea977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.757,
    "s": 36.634,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60818,
    "c": 0.09225,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8640

secondary

#777AAF

accent

#61CD5B

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4ED

border

#CFCEC8

text

#100F09

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8640

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

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