#8A8724#8A8724

#8A8724 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.117 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8724
RGB	rgb(138, 135, 36)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(58, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 73.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.93, -11.00, 50.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.93, 51.59, 102.31°)
OKLab	oklab(60.77% -0.0355 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(60.77% 0.117 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.4644, 22.8592, 5.0557)
Luminance	0.2286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8724 #24278A

analogous

#8A5424 #8A8724 #5A8A24

triadic

#8A8724 #248A87 #87248A

tetradic

#8A8724 #248A54 #24278A #8A245A

square

#8A8724 #248A54 #24278A #8A245A

split-complementary

#8A8724 #245A8A #54248A

monochromatic

#29280B #595817 #8A8724 #BBB631 #D3CF56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#8A8724 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#8A8724 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8724

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8724	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8724	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)

#938112

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94852B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947E74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8724;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 135, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.117 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa966',
    500: '#8a8724',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8724;
$custom-light: #afa966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8724",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60766,
    "c": 0.11694,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8724

secondary

#5356B7

accent

#4BE246

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8724

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

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