#8A7736#8A7736

#8A7736 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.088 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7736
RGB	rgb(138, 119, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.53, -0.99, 37.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.53, 37.79, 91.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.32% -0.0048 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(57.32% 0.088 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.7447, 18.8641, 6.1958)
Luminance	0.1886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7736 #36498A

analogous

#8A4D36 #8A7736 #738A36

triadic

#8A7736 #368A77 #77368A

tetradic

#8A7736 #368A4D #36498A #8A3673

square

#8A7736 #368A4D #36498A #8A3673

split-complementary

#8A7736 #36738A #4D368A

monochromatic

#322B14 #5E5125 #8A7736 #B69D47 #C8B572

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#8A7736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#8A7736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7736

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7736	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83752F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956E69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 119, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.088 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9e6f',
    500: '#8a7736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7736;
$custom-light: #af9e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.429,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57323,
    "c": 0.08775,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7736

secondary

#6B7BB1

accent

#71D354

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7736

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

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