#8A7637#8A7637

#8A7637 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.086 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7637
RGB	rgb(138, 118, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.26, -0.34, 36.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.26, 36.96, 90.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% -0.0028 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.086 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.6500, 18.6369, 6.2813)
Luminance	0.1864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7637 #374B8A

analogous

#8A4C37 #8A7637 #748A37

triadic

#8A7637 #378A76 #76378A

tetradic

#8A7637 #378A4C #374B8A #8A3774

square

#8A7637 #378A4C #374B8A #8A3774

split-complementary

#8A7637 #37748A #4C378A

monochromatic

#322B14 #5E5126 #8A7637 #B69B48 #C8B374

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#8A7637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#8A7637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7637

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7637	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 118, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.086 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9d70',
    500: '#8a7637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7637;
$custom-light: #ae9d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.542,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57115,
    "c": 0.08605,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7637

secondary

#6D7DB0

accent

#73D355

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7637

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

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