#8A8935#8A8935

#8A8935 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.106 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8935
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 53)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 61.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, -11.04, 43.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 45.31, 104.10°)
OKLab	oklab(61.38% -0.0337 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(61.38% 0.106 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0701, 23.5522, 6.8563)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8935 #35368A

analogous

#8A5E35 #8A8935 #618A35

triadic

#8A8935 #358A89 #89358A

tetradic

#8A8935 #358A5E #35368A #8A3561

square

#8A8935 #358A5E #35368A #8A3561

split-complementary

#8A8935 #35618A #5E358A

monochromatic

#323113 #5E5D24 #8A8935 #B6B546 #C8C771

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#8A8935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#8A8935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8935

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8935	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94842B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95873A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.106 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeab70',
    500: '#8a8935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8935;
$custom-light: #aeab70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.294,
    "s": 44.503,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61375,
    "c": 0.10614,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8935

secondary

#6A6BB1

accent

#55D454

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8935

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

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