#8A7529#8A7529

#8A7529 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.097 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7529
RGB	rgb(138, 117, 41)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 70.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.84, -0.75, 43.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.84, 43.28, 90.99°)
OKLab	oklab(56.74% -0.0058 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(56.74% 0.097 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.2436, 18.2869, 4.7189)
Luminance	0.1829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7529 #293E8A

analogous

#8A4429 #8A7529 #6F8A29

triadic

#8A7529 #298A75 #75298A

tetradic

#8A7529 #298A44 #293E8A #8A296F

square

#8A7529 #298A44 #293E8A #8A296F

split-complementary

#8A7529 #296F8A #44298A

monochromatic

#2C250D #5B4D1B #8A7529 #B99D37 #CFB75E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#8A7529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#8A7529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7529

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7529	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82731F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87792D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 117, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.097 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9c67',
    500: '#8a7529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7529;
$custom-light: #af9c67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.01,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56741,
    "c": 0.09746,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7529

secondary

#5A6EB5

accent

#6ADE4A

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7529

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

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