#8A7429#8A7429

#8A7429 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.097 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7429
RGB	rgb(138, 116, 41)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 70.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.56, -0.18, 42.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.56, 42.98, 90.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.52% -0.0042 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(56.52% 0.097 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.1277, 18.0551, 4.6802)
Luminance	0.1805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7429 #293F8A

analogous

#8A4429 #8A7429 #6F8A29

triadic

#8A7429 #298A74 #74298A

tetradic

#8A7429 #298A44 #293F8A #8A296F

square

#8A7429 #298A44 #293F8A #8A296F

split-complementary

#8A7429 #296F8A #44298A

monochromatic

#2C250D #5B4C1B #8A7429 #B99C37 #CFB65E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#8A7429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#8A7429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7429

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7429	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	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)

#81721F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86792D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 116, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.097 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9b67',
    500: '#8a7429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7429;
$custom-light: #af9b67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.392,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5652,
    "c": 0.09675,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7429

secondary

#5A6FB5

accent

#6CDE4A

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7429

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

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