#8A772C#8A772C

#8A772C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.097 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A772C
RGB	rgb(138, 119, 44)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 68.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.43, -1.70, 42.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.43, 42.55, 92.29°)
OKLab	oklab(57.21% -0.0082 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(57.21% 0.097 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5335, 18.7797, 5.0837)
Luminance	0.1878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A772C #2C3F8A

analogous

#8A482C #8A772C #6E8A2C

triadic

#8A772C #2C8A77 #772C8A

tetradic

#8A772C #2C8A48 #2C3F8A #8A2C6E

square

#8A772C #2C8A48 #2C3F8A #8A2C6E

split-complementary

#8A772C #2C6E8A #482C8A

monochromatic

#2D270E #5C4F1D #8A772C #B89F3B #CDB863

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#8A772C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#8A772C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A772C

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A772C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A772C	1.00	4.42	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a772c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 119, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.097 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9d69',
    500: '#8a772c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a772c;
$custom-light: #af9d69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a772c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.872,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57212,
    "c": 0.09656,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A772C

secondary

#5E6FB4

accent

#69DB4D

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A772C

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

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