#8A8741#8A8741

#8A8741 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.092 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8741
RGB	rgb(138, 135, 65)
HSL	hsl(58, 36%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(58, 53%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 52.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.19, -8.96, 37.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.19, 38.64, 103.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.06% -0.0264 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(61.06% 0.092 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.0999, 23.1134, 8.4025)
Luminance	0.2311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8741 #41448A

analogous

#8A6241 #8A8741 #698A41

triadic

#8A8741 #418A87 #87418A

tetradic

#8A8741 #418A62 #41448A #8A4169

square

#8A8741 #418A62 #41448A #8A4169

split-complementary

#8A8741 #41698A #62418A

monochromatic

#37361A #605E2D #8A8741 #B0AD58 #C4C182

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#8A8741 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#8A8741 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8741

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8741	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8741	1.00	3.73	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.73	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)

#91823A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8741;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 135, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.092 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea978',
    500: '#8a8741',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8741;
$custom-light: #aea978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8741",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.534,
    "s": 35.961,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61059,
    "c": 0.09236,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8741

secondary

#787BAE

accent

#60CC5C

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4ED

border

#CFCEC8

text

#100F09

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8741

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

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