#8A8829#8A8829

#8A8829 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	#8A8829
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 41)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 70.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.25, -11.28, 48.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.25, 50.05, 103.02°)
OKLab	oklab(61.03% -0.0357 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(61.03% 0.115 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.6863, 23.1723, 5.5331)
Luminance	0.2317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8829 #292B8A

analogous

#8A5829 #8A8829 #5B8A29

triadic

#8A8829 #298A88 #88298A

tetradic

#8A8829 #298A58 #292B8A #8A295B

square

#8A8829 #298A58 #292B8A #8A295B

split-complementary

#8A8829 #295B8A #58298A

monochromatic

#2C2B0D #5B5A1B #8A8829 #B9B637 #CFCD5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#8A8829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#8A8829 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8829

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8829	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)

#93821A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947F75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.115 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afaa69',
    500: '#8a8829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8829;
$custom-light: #afaa69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.763,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61034,
    "c": 0.11459,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8829

secondary

#5A5CB5

accent

#4DDE4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8829

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

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