#8A8920#8A8920

#8A8920 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.121 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8920
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 32)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 76.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.48, -12.27, 52.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.48, 53.79, 103.18°)
OKLab	oklab(61.2% -0.0394 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(61.2% 0.121 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.6883, 23.3995, 4.8457)
Luminance	0.2340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8920 #20218A

analogous

#8A5420 #8A8920 #568A20

triadic

#8A8920 #208A89 #89208A

tetradic

#8A8920 #208A54 #20218A #8A2056

square

#8A8920 #208A54 #20218A #8A2056

split-complementary

#8A8920 #20568A #54208A

monochromatic

#272609 #585814 #8A8920 #BCBA2C #D6D54E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#8A8920 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#8A8920 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8920

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8920	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8920	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)

#958307

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948075

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8920;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.121 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afab65',
    500: '#8a8920',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8920;
$custom-light: #afab65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8920",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.434,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61201,
    "c": 0.12139,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8920

secondary

#4D4EB9

accent

#44E542

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8920

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

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