#8A742E#8A742E

#8A742E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.093 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A742E
RGB	rgb(138, 116, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 66.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.61, 0.13, 40.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.61, 40.70, 89.81°)
OKLab	oklab(56.57% -0.0026 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(56.57% 0.093 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.2206, 18.0923, 5.1693)
Luminance	0.1809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A742E #2E448A

analogous

#8A462E #8A742E #728A2E

triadic

#8A742E #2E8A74 #742E8A

tetradic

#8A742E #2E8A46 #2E448A #8A2E72

square

#8A742E #2E8A46 #2E448A #8A2E72

split-complementary

#8A742E #2E728A #462E8A

monochromatic

#2E270F #5C4D1F #8A742E #B89B3D #CCB466

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#8A742E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#8A742E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A742E

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A742E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A742E	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a742e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 116, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.093 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9b6a',
    500: '#8a742e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a742e;
$custom-light: #af9b6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a742e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.652,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5657,
    "c": 0.09273,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A742E

secondary

#6175B3

accent

#70DA4E

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A742E

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

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