#8A7531#8A7531

#8A7531 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.091 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7531
RGB	rgb(138, 117, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 64.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.92, -0.23, 39.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.92, 39.58, 90.33°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% -0.0033 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.091 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.3977, 18.3485, 5.5304)
Luminance	0.1835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7531 #31468A

analogous

#8A4931 #8A7531 #738A31

triadic

#8A7531 #318A75 #75318A

tetradic

#8A7531 #318A49 #31468A #8A3173

square

#8A7531 #318A49 #31468A #8A3173

split-complementary

#8A7531 #31738A #49318A

monochromatic

#302811 #5D4F21 #8A7531 #B79B41 #CAB46B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#8A7531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#8A7531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7531

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7531	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81732A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 117, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.091 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9c6c',
    500: '#8a7531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7531;
$custom-light: #af9c6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.843,
    "s": 47.594,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56823,
    "c": 0.09084,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7531

secondary

#6577B2

accent

#70D751

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7531

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

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