#8A7536#8A7536

#8A7536 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.086 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7536
RGB	rgb(138, 117, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.97, 0.15, 37.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.97, 37.14, 89.77°)
OKLab	oklab(56.88% -0.0016 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(56.88% 0.086 91)
XYZ	xyz(17.5092, 18.3931, 6.1173)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7536 #364B8A

analogous

#8A4B36 #8A7536 #758A36

triadic

#8A7536 #368A75 #75368A

tetradic

#8A7536 #368A4B #364B8A #8A3675

square

#8A7536 #368A4B #364B8A #8A3675

split-complementary

#8A7536 #36758A #4B368A

monochromatic

#322A14 #5E5025 #8A7536 #B69A47 #C8B372

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#8A7536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#8A7536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7536

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7536	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 117, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.086 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9c6f',
    500: '#8a7536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7536;
$custom-light: #af9c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56882,
    "c": 0.08626,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.18392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7536

secondary

#6B7DB1

accent

#74D354

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7536

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

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