#8A7428#8A7428

#8A7428 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.098 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7428
RGB	rgb(138, 116, 40)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.55, -0.24, 43.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.55, 43.42, 90.32°)
OKLab	oklab(56.51% -0.0045 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(56.51% 0.098 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.1105, 18.0482, 4.5895)
Luminance	0.1805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7428 #283E8A

analogous

#8A4328 #8A7428 #6F8A28

triadic

#8A7428 #288A74 #74288A

tetradic

#8A7428 #288A43 #283E8A #8A286F

square

#8A7428 #288A43 #283E8A #8A286F

split-complementary

#8A7428 #286F8A #43288A

monochromatic

#2B240C #5B4C1A #8A7428 #B99C36 #D0B65D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#8A7428 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#8A7428 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7428

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7428	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7428	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81721E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86792C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7428;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 116, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.098 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9b66',
    500: '#8a7428',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7428;
$custom-light: #af9b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7428",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.531,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56511,
    "c": 0.09751,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7428

secondary

#596DB5

accent

#6BDE49

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7428

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

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