#8A7534#8A7534

#8A7534 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.088 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7534
RGB	rgb(138, 117, 52)
HSL	hsl(45, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 62.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.95, -0.01, 38.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.95, 38.13, 90.01°)
OKLab	oklab(56.86% -0.0023 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(56.86% 0.088 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.4631, 18.3747, 5.8750)
Luminance	0.1837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7534 #34498A

analogous

#8A4A34 #8A7534 #748A34

triadic

#8A7534 #348A75 #75348A

tetradic

#8A7534 #348A4A #34498A #8A3474

square

#8A7534 #348A4A #34498A #8A3474

split-complementary

#8A7534 #34748A #4A348A

monochromatic

#312A13 #5E4F23 #8A7534 #B69B45 #C9B36F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#8A7534 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#8A7534 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7534

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7534	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7534	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)

#81732D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7534;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 117, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.088 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9c6e',
    500: '#8a7534',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7534;
$custom-light: #af9c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7534",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.349,
    "s": 45.263,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56857,
    "c": 0.08814,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7534

secondary

#697AB1

accent

#73D553

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7534

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

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