#8A6E15#8A6E15

#8A6E15 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.106 H 89.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6E15
RGB	rgb(138, 110, 21)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(46, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 84.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.77, 2.34, 49.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.77, 49.17, 87.28°)
OKLab	oklab(55.06% 0.0007 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(55.06% 0.106 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.1935, 16.6104, 3.0625)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6E15 #15318A

analogous

#8A3315 #8A6E15 #6B8A15

triadic

#8A6E15 #158A6E #6E158A

tetradic

#8A6E15 #158A33 #15318A #8A156B

square

#8A6E15 #158A33 #15318A #8A156B

split-complementary

#8A6E15 #156B8A #33158A

monochromatic

#201905 #55440D #8A6E15 #BF981D #E1B939

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#8A6E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#8A6E15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6E15

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6E15	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83751B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96645E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 110, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.106 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0975c',
    500: '#8a6e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6e15;
$custom-light: #b0975c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.641,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5506,
    "c": 0.10552,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6E15

secondary

#3D5CBE

accent

#64F038

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#110D04

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6E15

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

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