#8A8642#8A8642

#8A8642 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.090 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8642
RGB	rgb(138, 134, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 35%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 52%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 52.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.91, -8.32, 36.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.91, 37.69, 102.76°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% -0.0245 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.09 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9902, 22.8474, 8.5102)
Luminance	0.2285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8642 #42468A

analogous

#8A6242 #8A8642 #6A8A42

triadic

#8A8642 #428A86 #86428A

tetradic

#8A8642 #428A62 #42468A #8A426A

square

#8A8642 #428A62 #42468A #8A426A

split-complementary

#8A8642 #426A8A #62428A

monochromatic

#37361A #615E2E #8A8642 #B0AB59 #C4C083

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#8A8642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#8A8642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8642

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8642	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90823C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 134, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.090 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea978',
    500: '#8a8642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8642;
$custom-light: #aea978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60845,
    "c": 0.09016,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8642

secondary

#797CAE

accent

#63CB5C

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4ED

border

#CFCEC8

text

#100F09

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8642

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

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