#8A912E#8A912E

#8A912E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.121 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A912E
RGB	rgb(138, 145, 46)
HSL	hsl(64, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(64, 68%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 68.3%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.90, -15.77, 49.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.90, 51.85, 107.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% -0.0478 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.121 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.1004, 25.8518, 6.4626)
Luminance	0.2585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A912E #352E91

analogous

#91662E #8A912E #59912E

triadic

#8A912E #2E8A91 #912E8A

tetradic

#8A912E #2E9166 #352E91 #912E59

square

#8A912E #2E9166 #352E91 #912E59

split-complementary

#8A912E #2E5991 #662E91

monochromatic

#323411 #5E631F #8A912E #B6BF3D #C8D06A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#8A912E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#8A912E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A912E

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A912E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A912E	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93887D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a912e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 145, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.121 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb16d',
    500: '#8a912e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a912e;
$custom-light: #afb16d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a912e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.242,
    "s": 51.832,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63161,
    "c": 0.12091,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A912E

secondary

#6A64B7

accent

#4DDB57

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A912E

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

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