#8A8735#8A8735

#8A8735 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.104 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8735
RGB	rgb(138, 135, 53)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 61.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, -9.95, 43.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 44.44, 102.94°)
OKLab	oklab(60.92% -0.0306 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(60.92% 0.104 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.7884, 22.9889, 6.7624)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8735 #35388A

analogous

#8A5C35 #8A8735 #638A35

triadic

#8A8735 #358A87 #87358A

tetradic

#8A8735 #358A5C #35388A #8A3563

square

#8A8735 #358A5C #35388A #8A3563

split-complementary

#8A8735 #35638A #5C358A

monochromatic

#323013 #5E5C24 #8A8735 #B6B246 #C8C571

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8A8735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#8A8735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8735

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8735	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92822C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93853A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 135, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.104 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea970',
    500: '#8a8735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8735;
$custom-light: #aea970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.882,
    "s": 44.503,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60916,
    "c": 0.10393,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8735

secondary

#6A6DB1

accent

#58D454

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8735

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

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