#8A7520#8A7520

#8A7520 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.104 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7520
RGB	rgb(138, 117, 32)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 76.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.78, -1.23, 47.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.78, 47.02, 91.49°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% -0.0083 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.104 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.1042, 18.2311, 3.9843)
Luminance	0.1823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7520 #20358A

analogous

#8A4020 #8A7520 #6A8A20

triadic

#8A7520 #208A75 #75208A

tetradic

#8A7520 #208A40 #20358A #8A206A

square

#8A7520 #208A40 #20358A #8A206A

split-complementary

#8A7520 #206A8A #40208A

monochromatic

#272109 #584B14 #8A7520 #BC9F2C #D6BB4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#8A7520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#8A7520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7520

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7520	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827311

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877925

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 117, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.104 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09c62',
    500: '#8a7520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7520;
$custom-light: #b09c62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.113,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56666,
    "c": 0.10375,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7520

secondary

#4D62B9

accent

#63E542

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7520

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

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