#8A772A#8A772A

#8A772A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.098 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A772A
RGB	rgb(138, 119, 42)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 69.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.41, -1.82, 43.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.41, 43.45, 92.41°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% -0.0088 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.098 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.4968, 18.7650, 4.8904)
Luminance	0.1876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A772A #2A3D8A

analogous

#8A472A #8A772A #6D8A2A

triadic

#8A772A #2A8A77 #772A8A

tetradic

#8A772A #2A8A47 #2A3D8A #8A2A6D

square

#8A772A #2A8A47 #2A3D8A #8A2A6D

split-complementary

#8A772A #2A6D8A #472A8A

monochromatic

#2C260D #5B4F1C #8A772A #B99F38 #CFB960

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#8A772A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#8A772A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A772A

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A772A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A772A	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837520

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a772a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 119, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.098 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9d68',
    500: '#8a772a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a772a;
$custom-light: #af9d68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a772a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.125,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57193,
    "c": 0.09814,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A772A

secondary

#5B6DB4

accent

#68DD4B

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A772A

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

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