#8A8840#8A8840

#8A8840 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.095 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8840
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(58, 54%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 53.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.46, -9.60, 38.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.46, 39.60, 104.02°)
OKLab	oklab(61.27% -0.0283 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(61.27% 0.095 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.2113, 23.3823, 8.2981)
Luminance	0.2338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8840 #40428A

analogous

#8A6340 #8A8840 #678A40

triadic

#8A8840 #408A88 #88408A

tetradic

#8A8840 #408A63 #40428A #8A4067

square

#8A8840 #408A63 #40428A #8A4067

split-complementary

#8A8840 #40678A #63408A

monochromatic

#363619 #605F2D #8A8840 #B1AE56 #C4C280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#8A8840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#8A8840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8840

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8840	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.095 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeaa77',
    500: '#8a8840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8840;
$custom-light: #aeaa77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.378,
    "s": 36.634,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61274,
    "c": 0.09454,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8840

secondary

#7779AF

accent

#5ECD5B

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4ED

border

#CFCEC8

text

#101009

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8840

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

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