#8A8830#8A8830

#8A8830 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.109 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8830
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 48)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 65.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.30, -10.85, 45.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.30, 47.12, 103.31°)
OKLab	oklab(61.1% -0.0337 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(61.1% 0.109 108)
XYZ	xyz(19.8196, 23.2256, 6.2347)
Luminance	0.2323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8830 #30328A

analogous

#8A5B30 #8A8830 #5F8A30

triadic

#8A8830 #308A88 #88308A

tetradic

#8A8830 #308A5B #30328A #8A305F

square

#8A8830 #308A5B #30328A #8A305F

split-complementary

#8A8830 #305F8A #5B308A

monochromatic

#2F2F10 #5D5B20 #8A8830 #B7B540 #CBC969

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#8A8830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#8A8830 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8830

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8830	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.109 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afaa6d',
    500: '#8a8830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8830;
$custom-light: #afaa6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.667,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61095,
    "c": 0.10926,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.23225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8830

secondary

#6465B2

accent

#53D850

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8830

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

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