#8A8822#8A8822

#8A8822 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.119 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8822
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 34)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 75.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.20, -11.64, 51.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.20, 52.70, 102.76°)
OKLab	oklab(60.98% -0.0375 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(60.98% 0.119 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.5749, 23.1277, 4.9460)
Luminance	0.2313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8822 #22248A

analogous

#8A5422 #8A8822 #588A22

triadic

#8A8822 #228A88 #88228A

tetradic

#8A8822 #228A54 #22248A #8A2258

square

#8A8822 #228A54 #22248A #8A2258

split-complementary

#8A8822 #22588A #54228A

monochromatic

#28270A #595816 #8A8822 #BBB82E #D4D252

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#8A8822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#8A8822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8822

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8822	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94820D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95862A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947F75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.119 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afaa65',
    500: '#8a8822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8822;
$custom-light: #afaa65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.846,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60983,
    "c": 0.11919,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8822

secondary

#5052B8

accent

#47E444

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8822

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

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