#8A7828#8A7828

#8A7828 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.100 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7828
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 40)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.68, -2.51, 44.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.68, 44.64, 93.22°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% -0.011 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.1 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.5816, 18.9903, 4.7465)
Luminance	0.1899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7828 #283A8A

analogous

#8A4728 #8A7828 #6B8A28

triadic

#8A7828 #288A78 #78288A

tetradic

#8A7828 #288A47 #283A8A #8A286B

square

#8A7828 #288A47 #283A8A #8A286B

split-complementary

#8A7828 #286B8A #47288A

monochromatic

#2B250C #5B4F1A #8A7828 #B9A136 #D0BB5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#8A7828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#8A7828 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7828

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7828	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84751D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.100 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9e67',
    500: '#8a7828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7828;
$custom-light: #af9e67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.98,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57397,
    "c": 0.10044,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7828

secondary

#596AB5

accent

#65DE49

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7828

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

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