#8A782E#8A782E

#8A782E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.096 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A782E
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 66.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.73, -2.14, 41.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.73, 41.96, 92.92°)
OKLab	oklab(57.45% -0.0092 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(57.45% 0.096 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.6917, 19.0344, 5.3264)
Luminance	0.1903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A782E #2E408A

analogous

#8A4A2E #8A782E #6E8A2E

triadic

#8A782E #2E8A78 #782E8A

tetradic

#8A782E #2E8A4A #2E408A #8A2E6E

square

#8A782E #2E8A4A #2E408A #8A2E6E

split-complementary

#8A782E #2E6E8A #4A2E8A

monochromatic

#2E280F #5C501F #8A782E #B8A03D #CCB866

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#8A782E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#8A782E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A782E

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A782E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A782E	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a782e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.096 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9e6a',
    500: '#8a782e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a782e;
$custom-light: #af9e6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a782e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.261,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57454,
    "c": 0.09568,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A782E

secondary

#6171B3

accent

#6ADA4E

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A782E

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

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