#8A7831#8A7831

#8A7831 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.093 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7831
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 49)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 64.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.76, -1.93, 40.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.76, 40.55, 92.73°)
OKLab	oklab(57.49% -0.0082 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(57.49% 0.093 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.7529, 19.0588, 5.6488)
Luminance	0.1906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7831 #31438A

analogous

#8A4C31 #8A7831 #708A31

triadic

#8A7831 #318A78 #78318A

tetradic

#8A7831 #318A4C #31438A #8A3170

square

#8A7831 #318A4C #31438A #8A3170

split-complementary

#8A7831 #31708A #4C318A

monochromatic

#302911 #5D5121 #8A7831 #B79F41 #CAB76B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#8A7831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#8A7831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7831

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7831	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	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)

#847629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.093 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9e6c',
    500: '#8a7831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7831;
$custom-light: #af9e6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.865,
    "s": 47.594,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57486,
    "c": 0.09311,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7831

secondary

#6574B2

accent

#6CD751

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7831

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

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