#8A8736#8A8736

#8A8736 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.103 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8736
RGB	rgb(138, 135, 54)
HSL	hsl(58, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.07, -9.88, 42.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.07, 43.98, 102.98°)
OKLab	oklab(60.93% -0.0303 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(60.93% 0.103 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.8117, 22.9982, 6.8848)
Luminance	0.2300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8736 #36398A

analogous

#8A5D36 #8A8736 #638A36

triadic

#8A8736 #368A87 #87368A

tetradic

#8A8736 #368A5D #36398A #8A3663

square

#8A8736 #368A5D #36398A #8A3663

split-complementary

#8A8736 #36638A #5D368A

monochromatic

#323114 #5E5C25 #8A8736 #B6B247 #C8C572

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8A8736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#8A8736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8736

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8736	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)

#92822D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93853B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 135, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.103 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea971',
    500: '#8a8736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8736;
$custom-light: #aea971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60926,
    "c": 0.10304,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8736

secondary

#6B6EB1

accent

#59D354

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8736

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

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