#8A8824#8A8824

#8A8824 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.118 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8824
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 36)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 73.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.22, -11.54, 50.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.22, 51.98, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61% -0.037 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(61% 0.118 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.6046, 23.1396, 5.1024)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8824 #24268A

analogous

#8A5524 #8A8824 #598A24

triadic

#8A8824 #248A88 #88248A

tetradic

#8A8824 #248A55 #24268A #8A2459

square

#8A8824 #248A55 #24268A #8A2459

split-complementary

#8A8824 #24598A #55248A

monochromatic

#29280B #595817 #8A8824 #BBB831 #D3D056

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#8A8824 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#8A8824 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8824

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8824	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8824	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)

#948211

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95862B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947F75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8824;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.118 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afaa66',
    500: '#8a8824',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8824;
$custom-light: #afaa66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8824",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.824,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60997,
    "c": 0.11795,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8824

secondary

#5355B7

accent

#49E246

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8824

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

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