#8A8729#8A8729

#8A8729 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.114 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8729
RGB	rgb(138, 135, 41)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 70.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.96, -10.74, 48.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.96, 49.65, 102.49°)
OKLab	oklab(60.8% -0.0342 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(60.8% 0.114 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.5462, 22.8920, 5.4864)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8729 #292C8A

analogous

#8A5629 #8A8729 #5D8A29

triadic

#8A8729 #298A87 #87298A

tetradic

#8A8729 #298A56 #292C8A #8A295D

square

#8A8729 #298A56 #292C8A #8A295D

split-complementary

#8A8729 #295D8A #56298A

monochromatic

#2C2B0D #5B591B #8A8729 #B9B537 #CFCC5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#8A8729 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#8A8729 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8729

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8729	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8729	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92821B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94852F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947E74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8729;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 135, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.114 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa969',
    500: '#8a8729',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8729;
$custom-light: #afa969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8729",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.144,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60804,
    "c": 0.11355,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8729

secondary

#5A5DB5

accent

#4FDE4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8729

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

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