#8A8740#8A8740

#8A8740 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.093 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8740
RGB	rgb(138, 135, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(58, 54%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 53.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.18, -9.05, 38.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.18, 39.14, 103.37°)
OKLab	oklab(61.05% -0.0268 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(61.05% 0.093 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.0712, 23.1020, 8.2513)
Luminance	0.2310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8740 #40438A

analogous

#8A6240 #8A8740 #688A40

triadic

#8A8740 #408A87 #87408A

tetradic

#8A8740 #408A62 #40438A #8A4068

square

#8A8740 #408A62 #40438A #8A4068

split-complementary

#8A8740 #40688A #62408A

monochromatic

#363519 #605E2D #8A8740 #B1AD56 #C4C180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#8A8740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#8A8740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8740

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8740	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 135, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.093 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea977',
    500: '#8a8740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8740;
$custom-light: #aea977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.568,
    "s": 36.634,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61046,
    "c": 0.09339,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8740

secondary

#7779AF

accent

#60CD5B

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4ED

border

#CFCEC8

text

#100F09

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8740

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

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