#8A8732#8A8732

#8A8732 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	#8A8732
RGB	rgb(138, 135, 50)
HSL	hsl(58, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 63.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.03, -10.17, 44.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.03, 45.81, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.89% -0.0316 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(60.89% 0.107 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.7216, 22.9621, 6.4103)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8732 #32358A

analogous

#8A5B32 #8A8732 #618A32

triadic

#8A8732 #328A87 #87328A

tetradic

#8A8732 #328A5B #32358A #8A3261

square

#8A8732 #328A5B #32358A #8A3261

split-complementary

#8A8732 #32618A #5B328A

monochromatic

#302F11 #5D5B22 #8A8732 #B7B342 #CAC76C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#8A8732 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#8A8732 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8732

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8732	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8732	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)

#928228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8732;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 135, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.107 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa96e',
    500: '#8a8732',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8732;
$custom-light: #afa96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8732",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.955,
    "s": 46.809,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60885,
    "c": 0.10652,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8732

secondary

#6669B2

accent

#56D651

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8732

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

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