#8A8833#8A8833

#8A8833 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.107 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8833
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 51)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 63%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.33, -10.64, 44.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.33, 45.78, 103.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% -0.0328 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.107 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.8836, 23.2512, 6.5719)
Luminance	0.2325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8833 #33358A

analogous

#8A5D33 #8A8833 #618A33

triadic

#8A8833 #338A88 #88338A

tetradic

#8A8833 #338A5D #33358A #8A3361

square

#8A8833 #338A5D #33358A #8A3361

split-complementary

#8A8833 #33618A #5D338A

monochromatic

#313012 #5D5C22 #8A8833 #B7B444 #C9C76E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#8A8833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#8A8833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8833

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8833	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)

#938329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.107 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afaa6f',
    500: '#8a8833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8833;
$custom-light: #afaa6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.621,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61124,
    "c": 0.10677,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8833

secondary

#6769B1

accent

#55D652

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8833

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

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