#8A8722#8A8722

#8A8722 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.118 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8722
RGB	rgb(138, 135, 34)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(58, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 75.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.91, -11.10, 51.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.91, 52.32, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.75% -0.036 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(60.75% 0.118 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.4347, 22.8474, 4.8993)
Luminance	0.2285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8722 #22258A

analogous

#8A5322 #8A8722 #598A22

triadic

#8A8722 #228A87 #87228A

tetradic

#8A8722 #228A53 #22258A #8A2259

square

#8A8722 #228A53 #22258A #8A2259

split-complementary

#8A8722 #22598A #53228A

monochromatic

#28270A #595716 #8A8722 #BBB72E #D4D152

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#8A8722 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#8A8722 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8722

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8722	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8722	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)

#93810D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94852A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947E74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8722;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 135, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.118 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa965',
    500: '#8a8722',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8722;
$custom-light: #afa965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8722",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.269,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60753,
    "c": 0.11817,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8722

secondary

#5053B8

accent

#49E444

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8722

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

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