#8A731B#8A731B

#8A731B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.105 H 93.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A731B
RGB	rgb(138, 115, 27)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 80.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.19, -0.31, 48.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.19, 48.34, 90.36°)
OKLab	oklab(56.19% -0.0062 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(56.19% 0.105 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.8108, 17.7449, 3.5764)
Luminance	0.1774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A731B #1B328A

analogous

#8A3C1B #8A731B #698A1B

triadic

#8A731B #1B8A73 #731B8A

tetradic

#8A731B #1B8A3C #1B328A #8A1B69

square

#8A731B #1B8A3C #1B328A #8A1B69

split-complementary

#8A731B #1B698A #3C1B8A

monochromatic

#241E07 #574811 #8A731B #BD9E25 #DBBC45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#8A731B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#8A731B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A731B

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A731B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A731B	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807108

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867821

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a731b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 115, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.105 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09a5f',
    500: '#8a731b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a731b;
$custom-light: #b09a5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a731b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.568,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5619,
    "c": 0.10536,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A731B

secondary

#455DBC

accent

#61EA3E

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A731B

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

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