#8A8828#8A8828

#8A8828 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.115 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8828
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 40)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.24, -11.33, 49.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.24, 50.45, 102.98°)
OKLab	oklab(61.03% -0.036 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(61.03% 0.115 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.6691, 23.1654, 5.4423)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8828 #282A8A

analogous

#8A5728 #8A8828 #5B8A28

triadic

#8A8828 #288A88 #88288A

tetradic

#8A8828 #288A57 #282A8A #8A285B

square

#8A8828 #288A57 #282A8A #8A285B

split-complementary

#8A8828 #285B8A #57288A

monochromatic

#2B2A0C #5B591A #8A8828 #B9B736 #D0CE5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#8A8828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#8A8828 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8828

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8828	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)

#938219

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95862F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947F75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.115 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afaa68',
    500: '#8a8828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8828;
$custom-light: #afaa68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.776,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61026,
    "c": 0.11529,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8828

secondary

#595BB5

accent

#4CDE49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8828

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

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