#8A6D15#8A6D15

#8A6D15 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.105 H 88.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6D15
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 21)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(45, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 84.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.49, 2.91, 48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.49, 48.97, 86.59°)
OKLab	oklab(54.84% 0.0024 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(54.84% 0.105 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.0863, 16.3958, 3.0268)
Luminance	0.1640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6D15 #15328A

analogous

#8A3215 #8A6D15 #6C8A15

triadic

#8A6D15 #158A6D #6D158A

tetradic

#8A6D15 #158A32 #15328A #8A156C

square

#8A6D15 #158A32 #15328A #8A156C

split-complementary

#8A6D15 #156C8A #32158A

monochromatic

#201905 #55430D #8A6D15 #BF971D #E1B739

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#8A6D15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#8A6D15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6D15

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6D15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6D15	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82741B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96635D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6d15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.105 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0965c',
    500: '#8a6d15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6d15;
$custom-light: #b0965c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6d15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.128,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54843,
    "c": 0.10503,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6D15

secondary

#3D5DBE

accent

#65F038

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F1E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110D04

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6D15

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

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