#8A8721#8A8721

#8A8721 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.119 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8721
RGB	rgb(138, 135, 33)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(58, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.91, -11.15, 51.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.91, 52.68, 102.22°)
OKLab	oklab(60.75% -0.0362 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(60.75% 0.119 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.4205, 22.8417, 4.8244)
Luminance	0.2284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8721 #21248A

analogous

#8A5221 #8A8721 #588A21

triadic

#8A8721 #218A87 #87218A

tetradic

#8A8721 #218A52 #21248A #8A2158

square

#8A8721 #218A52 #21248A #8A2158

split-complementary

#8A8721 #21588A #52218A

monochromatic

#272609 #595715 #8A8721 #BBB72D #D5D150

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#8A8721 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#8A8721 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8721

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8721	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8721	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)

#93810B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947E74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8721;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 135, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.119 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa965',
    500: '#8a8721',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8721;
$custom-light: #afa965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8721",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60746,
    "c": 0.11878,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8721

secondary

#4E51B9

accent

#48E543

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8721

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

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