#8A7525#8A7525

#8A7525 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.100 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7525
RGB	rgb(138, 117, 37)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 73.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.81, -0.98, 44.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.81, 45.00, 91.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% -0.007 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.1 94)
XYZ	xyz(17.1773, 18.2604, 4.3697)
Luminance	0.1826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7525 #253A8A

analogous

#8A4325 #8A7525 #6D8A25

triadic

#8A7525 #258A75 #75258A

tetradic

#8A7525 #258A43 #253A8A #8A256D

square

#8A7525 #258A43 #253A8A #8A256D

split-complementary

#8A7525 #256D8A #43258A

monochromatic

#29230B #5A4C18 #8A7525 #BA9E32 #D2B957

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#8A7525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#8A7525 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7525

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7525	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	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)

#827319

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 117, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.100 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9c65',
    500: '#8a7525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7525;
$custom-light: #af9c65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.525,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56705,
    "c": 0.1004,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.18259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7525

secondary

#5469B7

accent

#67E147

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7525

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

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