#8A8656#8A8656

#8A8656 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.067 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8656
RGB	rgb(138, 134, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 23%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 38%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 37.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.20, -6.15, 26.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.20, 27.11, 103.10°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% -0.0163 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.067 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6863, 23.1258, 12.1763)
Luminance	0.2313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8656 #565A8A

analogous

#8A6C56 #8A8656 #748A56

triadic

#8A8656 #568A86 #86568A

tetradic

#8A8656 #568A6C #565A8A #8A5674

square

#8A8656 #568A6C #565A8A #8A5674

split-complementary

#8A8656 #56748A #6C568A

monochromatic

#3F3D27 #64613F #8A8656 #A9A575 #C0BD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#8A8656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#8A8656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8656

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8656	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91807A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 134, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.067 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada986',
    500: '#8a8656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8656;
$custom-light: #ada986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 23.214,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61166,
    "c": 0.06698,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8656

secondary

#8E91AE

accent

#6FC068

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4EF

border

#CECECA

text

#100F0B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8656

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

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