#8A8738#8A8738

#8A8738 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.101 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8738
RGB	rgb(138, 135, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, -9.73, 41.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 43.04, 103.06°)
OKLab	oklab(60.95% -0.0296 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(60.95% 0.101 107)
XYZ	xyz(19.8596, 23.0173, 7.1373)
Luminance	0.2302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8738 #383B8A

analogous

#8A5E38 #8A8738 #648A38

triadic

#8A8738 #388A87 #87388A

tetradic

#8A8738 #388A5E #383B8A #8A3864

square

#8A8738 #388A5E #383B8A #8A3864

split-complementary

#8A8738 #38648A #5E388A

monochromatic

#333215 #5E5C26 #8A8738 #B5B24A #C7C475

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8A8738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#8A8738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8738

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8738	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)

#92822F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93853C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 135, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.101 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea972',
    500: '#8a8738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8738;
$custom-light: #aea972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.805,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60949,
    "c": 0.10121,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.23017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8738

secondary

#6E70B0

accent

#5AD256

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8738

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

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