#8A7623#8A7623

#8A7623 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.103 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7623
RGB	rgb(138, 118, 35)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.08, -1.65, 46.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.08, 46.12, 92.05°)
OKLab	oklab(56.91% -0.0091 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(56.91% 0.103 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.2639, 18.4824, 4.2479)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7623 #23378A

analogous

#8A4323 #8A7623 #6B8A23

triadic

#8A7623 #238A76 #76238A

tetradic

#8A7623 #238A43 #23378A #8A236B

square

#8A7623 #238A43 #23378A #8A236B

split-complementary

#8A7623 #236B8A #43238A

monochromatic

#28230A #594C17 #8A7623 #BBA02F #D4BB54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#8A7623 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#8A7623 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7623

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7623	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7623	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837416

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7623;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 118, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.103 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09d64',
    500: '#8a7623',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7623;
$custom-light: #b09d64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7623",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.35,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56911,
    "c": 0.10251,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7623

secondary

#5165B7

accent

#64E345

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7623

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

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