#8A8731#8A8731

#8A8731 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.107 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8731
RGB	rgb(138, 135, 49)
HSL	hsl(58, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 64.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.02, -10.24, 45.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.02, 46.26, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% -0.0319 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.107 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.7002, 22.9536, 6.2979)
Luminance	0.2295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8731 #31348A

analogous

#8A5B31 #8A8731 #618A31

triadic

#8A8731 #318A87 #87318A

tetradic

#8A8731 #318A5B #31348A #8A3161

square

#8A8731 #318A5B #31348A #8A3161

split-complementary

#8A8731 #31618A #5B318A

monochromatic

#302F11 #5D5B21 #8A8731 #B7B341 #CAC76B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#8A8731 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#8A8731 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8731

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8731	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8731	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)

#928226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8731;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 135, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.107 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa96d',
    500: '#8a8731',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8731;
$custom-light: #afa96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8731",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.978,
    "s": 47.594,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60875,
    "c": 0.10737,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8731

secondary

#6567B2

accent

#55D751

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8731

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

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