#8A8836#8A8836

#8A8836 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.104 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8836
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.36, -10.42, 43.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.36, 44.41, 103.57°)
OKLab	oklab(61.16% -0.0319 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(61.16% 0.104 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.9519, 23.2785, 6.9315)
Luminance	0.2328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8836 #36388A

analogous

#8A5E36 #8A8836 #628A36

triadic

#8A8836 #368A88 #88368A

tetradic

#8A8836 #368A5E #36388A #8A3662

square

#8A8836 #368A5E #36388A #8A3662

split-complementary

#8A8836 #36628A #5E368A

monochromatic

#323114 #5E5D25 #8A8836 #B6B347 #C8C672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#8A8836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#8A8836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8836

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8836	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93832D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94863B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.104 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeaa71',
    500: '#8a8836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8836;
$custom-light: #aeaa71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.571,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61156,
    "c": 0.10414,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8836

secondary

#6B6DB1

accent

#57D354

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8836

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

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