#8A7423#8A7423

#8A7423 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.101 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7423
RGB	rgb(138, 116, 35)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.52, -0.51, 45.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.52, 45.55, 90.65°)
OKLab	oklab(56.47% -0.0059 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(56.47% 0.101 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.0309, 18.0164, 4.1702)
Luminance	0.1802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7423 #23398A

analogous

#8A4023 #8A7423 #6D8A23

triadic

#8A7423 #238A74 #74238A

tetradic

#8A7423 #238A40 #23398A #8A236D

square

#8A7423 #238A40 #23398A #8A236D

split-complementary

#8A7423 #236D8A #40238A

monochromatic

#28220A #594B17 #8A7423 #BB9D2F #D4B854

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#8A7423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#8A7423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7423

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7423	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867828

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 116, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.101 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09b64',
    500: '#8a7423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7423;
$custom-light: #b09b64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.184,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56468,
    "c": 0.1011,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7423

secondary

#5167B7

accent

#67E345

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7423

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

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