#8A8733#8A8733

#8A8733 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.106 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8733
RGB	rgb(138, 135, 51)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 63%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.04, -10.10, 44.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.04, 45.36, 102.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.9% -0.0313 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(60.9% 0.106 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.7434, 22.9708, 6.5251)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8733 #33368A

analogous

#8A5C33 #8A8733 #628A33

triadic

#8A8733 #338A87 #87338A

tetradic

#8A8733 #338A5C #33368A #8A3362

square

#8A8733 #338A5C #33368A #8A3362

split-complementary

#8A8733 #33628A #5C338A

monochromatic

#313012 #5D5B22 #8A8733 #B7B344 #C9C66E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8A8733 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#8A8733 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8733

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8733	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8733	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	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)

#928229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947F75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8733;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 135, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.106 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa96f',
    500: '#8a8733',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8733;
$custom-light: #afa96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8733",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60895,
    "c": 0.10568,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8733

secondary

#676AB1

accent

#57D652

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8733

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

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