#8A772E#8A772E

#8A772E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.095 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A772E
RGB	rgb(138, 119, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 66.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.45, -1.57, 41.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.45, 41.63, 92.16°)
OKLab	oklab(57.23% -0.0076 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(57.23% 0.095 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.5720, 18.7951, 5.2865)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A772E #2E418A

analogous

#8A492E #8A772E #6F8A2E

triadic

#8A772E #2E8A77 #772E8A

tetradic

#8A772E #2E8A49 #2E418A #8A2E6F

square

#8A772E #2E8A49 #2E418A #8A2E6F

split-complementary

#8A772E #2E6F8A #492E8A

monochromatic

#2E280F #5C4F1F #8A772E #B89F3D #CCB766

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#8A772E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#8A772E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A772E

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A772E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A772E	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)

#837525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a772e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 119, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.095 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9e6a',
    500: '#8a772e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a772e;
$custom-light: #af9e6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a772e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.609,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57232,
    "c": 0.0949,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A772E

secondary

#6172B3

accent

#6BDA4E

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A772E

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

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