#8A8817#8A8817

#8A8817 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.125 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8817
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 23)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(59, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.15, -12.08, 54.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.15, 56.19, 102.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.92% -0.0396 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(60.92% 0.125 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.4408, 23.0741, 4.2401)
Luminance	0.2307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8817 #17198A

analogous

#8A4F17 #8A8817 #538A17

triadic

#8A8817 #178A88 #88178A

tetradic

#8A8817 #178A4F #17198A #8A1753

square

#8A8817 #178A4F #17198A #8A1753

split-complementary

#8A8817 #17538A #4F178A

monochromatic

#212106 #56540E #8A8817 #BEBC20 #DFDC3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#8A8817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#8A8817 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8817

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8817	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968622

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957F74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.125 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0aa61',
    500: '#8a8817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8817;
$custom-light: #b0aa61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.957,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60922,
    "c": 0.12491,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8817

secondary

#3F41BE

accent

#3DEE3A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8817

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

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