#8A7824#8A7824

#8A7824 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.103 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7824
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 36)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 73.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.65, -2.73, 46.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.65, 46.32, 93.37°)
OKLab	oklab(57.36% -0.0121 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(57.36% 0.103 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.5170, 18.9645, 4.4066)
Luminance	0.1896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7824 #24368A

analogous

#8A4524 #8A7824 #698A24

triadic

#8A7824 #248A78 #78248A

tetradic

#8A7824 #248A45 #24368A #8A2469

square

#8A7824 #248A45 #24368A #8A2469

split-complementary

#8A7824 #24698A #45248A

monochromatic

#29240B #594E17 #8A7824 #BBA231 #D3BD56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#8A7824 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#8A7824 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7824

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7824	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7824	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7824;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.103 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9e65',
    500: '#8a7824',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7824;
$custom-light: #af9e65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7824",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57364,
    "c": 0.10332,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7824

secondary

#5364B7

accent

#61E246

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7824

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

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