#8A772B#8A772B

#8A772B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.097 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A772B
RGB	rgb(138, 119, 43)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 68.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.42, -1.76, 42.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.42, 43.00, 92.35°)
OKLab	oklab(57.2% -0.0085 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(57.2% 0.097 95)
XYZ	xyz(17.5149, 18.7723, 4.9859)
Luminance	0.1877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A772B #2B3E8A

analogous

#8A472B #8A772B #6D8A2B

triadic

#8A772B #2B8A77 #772B8A

tetradic

#8A772B #2B8A47 #2B3E8A #8A2B6D

square

#8A772B #2B8A47 #2B3E8A #8A2B6D

split-complementary

#8A772B #2B6D8A #472B8A

monochromatic

#2D270E #5B4F1C #8A772B #B99F3A #CEB861

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#8A772B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#8A772B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A772B

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A772B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A772B	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)

#837521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a772b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 119, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.097 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9d68',
    500: '#8a772b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a772b;
$custom-light: #af9d68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a772b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 52.486,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57202,
    "c": 0.09736,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.18771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A772B

secondary

#5D6EB4

accent

#69DC4C

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A772B

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

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