#8A8730#8A8730

#8A8730 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.108 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8730
RGB	rgb(138, 135, 48)
HSL	hsl(58, 48%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 65.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.02, -10.31, 45.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.02, 46.70, 102.75°)
OKLab	oklab(60.87% -0.0322 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(60.87% 0.108 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.6794, 22.9452, 6.1880)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8730 #30338A

analogous

#8A5A30 #8A8730 #608A30

triadic

#8A8730 #308A87 #87308A

tetradic

#8A8730 #308A5A #30338A #8A3060

square

#8A8730 #308A5A #30338A #8A3060

split-complementary

#8A8730 #30608A #5A308A

monochromatic

#2F2E10 #5D5B20 #8A8730 #B7B340 #CBC869

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#8A8730 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#8A8730 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8730

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8730	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8730	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8730;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 135, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.108 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa96d',
    500: '#8a8730',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8730;
$custom-light: #afa96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8730",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60865,
    "c": 0.10819,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8730

secondary

#6466B2

accent

#54D850

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8730

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

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