#8A8821#8A8821

#8A8821 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.120 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8821
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 33)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.20, -11.69, 51.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.20, 53.06, 102.72°)
OKLab	oklab(60.98% -0.0377 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(60.98% 0.12 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.5607, 23.1220, 4.8712)
Luminance	0.2312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8821 #21238A

analogous

#8A5321 #8A8821 #578A21

triadic

#8A8821 #218A88 #88218A

tetradic

#8A8821 #218A53 #21238A #8A2157

square

#8A8821 #218A53 #21238A #8A2157

split-complementary

#8A8821 #21578A #53218A

monochromatic

#272709 #595715 #8A8821 #BBB92D #D5D350

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#8A8821 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#8A8821 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8821

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8821	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8821	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)

#94820A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947F74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8821;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.120 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afaa65',
    500: '#8a8821',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8821;
$custom-light: #afaa65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8821",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.857,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60977,
    "c": 0.11979,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8821

secondary

#4E50B9

accent

#46E543

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8821

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

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