#8A7737#8A7737

#8A7737 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.087 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7737
RGB	rgb(138, 119, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.54, -0.91, 37.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.54, 37.29, 91.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.34% -0.0045 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(57.34% 0.087 93)
XYZ	xyz(17.7684, 18.8736, 6.3207)
Luminance	0.1887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7737 #374A8A

analogous

#8A4D37 #8A7737 #738A37

triadic

#8A7737 #378A77 #77378A

tetradic

#8A7737 #378A4D #374A8A #8A3773

square

#8A7737 #378A4D #374A8A #8A3773

split-complementary

#8A7737 #37738A #4D378A

monochromatic

#322C14 #5E5126 #8A7737 #B69D48 #C8B474

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#8A7737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#8A7737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7737

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7737	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)

#827531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#946E69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 119, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.087 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9e70',
    500: '#8a7737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7737;
$custom-light: #ae9e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.265,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57335,
    "c": 0.08681,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.18873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7737

secondary

#6D7CB0

accent

#72D355

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7737

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

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