#8A7524#8A7524

#8A7524 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.101 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7524
RGB	rgb(138, 117, 36)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 73.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.80, -1.03, 45.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.80, 45.42, 91.30°)
OKLab	oklab(56.7% -0.0073 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(56.7% 0.101 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.1619, 18.2542, 4.2882)
Luminance	0.1825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7524 #24398A

analogous

#8A4224 #8A7524 #6C8A24

triadic

#8A7524 #248A75 #75248A

tetradic

#8A7524 #248A42 #24398A #8A246C

square

#8A7524 #248A42 #24398A #8A246C

split-complementary

#8A7524 #246C8A #42248A

monochromatic

#29230B #594C17 #8A7524 #BB9E31 #D3B956

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#8A7524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#8A7524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7524

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7524	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)

#827318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 117, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.101 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09c64',
    500: '#8a7524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7524;
$custom-light: #b09c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56697,
    "c": 0.10111,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7524

secondary

#5367B7

accent

#66E246

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7524

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

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