#8A7523#8A7523

#8A7523 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.102 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7523
RGB	rgb(138, 117, 35)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.80, -1.08, 45.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.80, 45.83, 91.35°)
OKLab	oklab(56.69% -0.0075 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(56.69% 0.102 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.1468, 18.2482, 4.2089)
Luminance	0.1825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7523 #23388A

analogous

#8A4223 #8A7523 #6C8A23

triadic

#8A7523 #238A75 #75238A

tetradic

#8A7523 #238A42 #23388A #8A236C

square

#8A7523 #238A42 #23388A #8A236C

split-complementary

#8A7523 #236C8A #42238A

monochromatic

#28220A #594C17 #8A7523 #BB9E2F #D4BA54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#8A7523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#8A7523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7523

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7523	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)

#827316

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877928

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 117, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.102 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09c64',
    500: '#8a7523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7523;
$custom-light: #b09c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.767,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56689,
    "c": 0.10179,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7523

secondary

#5166B7

accent

#65E345

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7523

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

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