#8A772D#8A772D

#8A772D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.096 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A772D
RGB	rgb(138, 119, 45)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 67.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.44, -1.64, 42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.44, 42.09, 92.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.22% -0.0079 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(57.22% 0.096 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.5525, 18.7873, 5.1839)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A772D #2D408A

analogous

#8A482D #8A772D #6E8A2D

triadic

#8A772D #2D8A77 #772D8A

tetradic

#8A772D #2D8A48 #2D408A #8A2D6E

square

#8A772D #2D8A48 #2D408A #8A2D6E

split-complementary

#8A772D #2D6E8A #482D8A

monochromatic

#2E270F #5C4F1E #8A772D #B89F3C #CDB765

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#8A772D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#8A772D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A772D

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A772D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A772D	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	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)

#837524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a772d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 119, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.096 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9e6a',
    500: '#8a772d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a772d;
$custom-light: #af9e6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a772d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.742,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57222,
    "c": 0.09573,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A772D

secondary

#6071B3

accent

#6ADA4D

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A772D

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

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