#8A8831#8A8831

#8A8831 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.108 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8831
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 64.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.31, -10.78, 45.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.31, 46.68, 103.35°)
OKLab	oklab(61.11% -0.0334 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(61.11% 0.108 108)
XYZ	xyz(19.8404, 23.2339, 6.3446)
Luminance	0.2323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8831 #31338A

analogous

#8A5C31 #8A8831 #608A31

triadic

#8A8831 #318A88 #88318A

tetradic

#8A8831 #318A5C #31338A #8A3160

square

#8A8831 #318A5C #31338A #8A3160

split-complementary

#8A8831 #31608A #5C318A

monochromatic

#302F11 #5D5B21 #8A8831 #B7B541 #CAC86B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#8A8831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#8A8831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8831

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8831	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)

#938326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.108 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afaa6e',
    500: '#8a8831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8831;
$custom-light: #afaa6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.652,
    "s": 47.594,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61105,
    "c": 0.10844,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.23233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8831

secondary

#6567B2

accent

#54D751

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8831

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

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