#8A772F#8A772F

#8A772F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.094 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A772F
RGB	rgb(138, 119, 47)
HSL	hsl(47, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 65.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.46, -1.50, 41.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.46, 41.16, 92.09°)
OKLab	oklab(57.24% -0.0072 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(57.24% 0.094 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.5920, 18.8031, 5.3915)
Luminance	0.1880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A772F #2F428A

analogous

#8A4A2F #8A772F #708A2F

triadic

#8A772F #2F8A77 #772F8A

tetradic

#8A772F #2F8A4A #2F428A #8A2F70

square

#8A772F #2F8A4A #2F428A #8A2F70

split-complementary

#8A772F #2F708A #4A2F8A

monochromatic

#2F2810 #5C501F #8A772F #B89E3F #CCB768

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#8A772F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#8A772F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A772F

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A772F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A772F	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)

#837527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a772f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 119, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.094 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9e6b',
    500: '#8a772f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a772f;
$custom-light: #af9e6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a772f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.473,
    "s": 49.189,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57243,
    "c": 0.09406,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A772F

secondary

#6273B3

accent

#6CD94F

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A772F

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

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