#8A7635#8A7635

#8A7635 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.088 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7635
RGB	rgb(138, 118, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 61.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.24, -0.50, 37.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.24, 37.96, 90.76°)
OKLab	oklab(57.09% -0.0036 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(57.09% 0.088 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.6030, 18.6181, 6.0339)
Luminance	0.1862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7635 #35498A

analogous

#8A4B35 #8A7635 #748A35

triadic

#8A7635 #358A76 #76358A

tetradic

#8A7635 #358A4B #35498A #8A3574

square

#8A7635 #358A4B #35498A #8A3574

split-complementary

#8A7635 #35748A #4B358A

monochromatic

#322A13 #5E5024 #8A7635 #B69C46 #C8B471

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#8A7635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#8A7635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7635

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7635	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82742E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 118, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.088 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9d6f',
    500: '#8a7635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7635;
$custom-light: #af9d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 44.503,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5709,
    "c": 0.08794,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7635

secondary

#6A7BB1

accent

#72D454

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7635

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

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