#8A7639#8A7639

#8A7639 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.084 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7639
RGB	rgb(138, 118, 57)
HSL	hsl(45, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 58.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.28, -0.18, 35.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.28, 35.96, 90.29°)
OKLab	oklab(57.14% -0.0021 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(57.14% 0.084 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.6989, 18.6564, 6.5389)
Luminance	0.1866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7639 #394D8A

analogous

#8A4D39 #8A7639 #758A39

triadic

#8A7639 #398A76 #76398A

tetradic

#8A7639 #398A4D #394D8A #8A3975

square

#8A7639 #398A4D #394D8A #8A3975

split-complementary

#8A7639 #39758A #4D398A

monochromatic

#332C15 #5F5127 #8A7639 #B59B4B #C7B377

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#8A7639 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#8A7639 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7639

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7639	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7639	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)

#817433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#946E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7639;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 118, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.084 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9d71',
    500: '#8a7639',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7639;
$custom-light: #ae9d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7639",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.185,
    "s": 41.538,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5714,
    "c": 0.08411,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7639

secondary

#6F7FB0

accent

#75D156

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110E08

muted

#807E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7639

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

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