#8A8838#8A8838

#8A8838 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.102 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8838
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.38, -10.27, 42.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.38, 43.48, 103.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.18% -0.0312 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(61.18% 0.102 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9998, 23.2977, 7.1840)
Luminance	0.2330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8838 #383A8A

analogous

#8A5F38 #8A8838 #638A38

triadic

#8A8838 #388A88 #88388A

tetradic

#8A8838 #388A5F #383A8A #8A3863

square

#8A8838 #388A5F #383A8A #8A3863

split-complementary

#8A8838 #38638A #5F388A

monochromatic

#333215 #5E5D26 #8A8838 #B5B34A #C7C575

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#8A8838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#8A8838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8838

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8838	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)

#93832F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94863C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.102 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeaa72',
    500: '#8a8838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8838;
$custom-light: #aeaa72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.537,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61178,
    "c": 0.10233,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8838

secondary

#6E6FB0

accent

#59D256

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8838

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

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