#8A7533#8A7533

#8A7533 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.089 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7533
RGB	rgb(138, 117, 51)
HSL	hsl(46, 46%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 63%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.94, -0.08, 38.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.94, 38.62, 90.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% -0.0026 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.089 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.4409, 18.3658, 5.7576)
Luminance	0.1837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7533 #33488A

analogous

#8A4933 #8A7533 #748A33

triadic

#8A7533 #338A75 #75338A

tetradic

#8A7533 #338A49 #33488A #8A3374

square

#8A7533 #338A49 #33488A #8A3374

split-complementary

#8A7533 #33748A #49338A

monochromatic

#312912 #5D4F22 #8A7533 #B79B44 #C9B36E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#8A7533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#8A7533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7533

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7533	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	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)

#81732C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 117, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.089 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9c6d',
    500: '#8a7533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7533;
$custom-light: #af9c6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56846,
    "c": 0.08905,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7533

secondary

#6779B1

accent

#72D652

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7533

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

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