#8A7833#8A7833

#8A7833 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.091 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7833
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 63%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.78, -1.79, 39.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.78, 39.59, 92.58°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% -0.0075 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.091 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.7960, 19.0761, 5.8760)
Luminance	0.1908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7833 #33458A

analogous

#8A4C33 #8A7833 #718A33

triadic

#8A7833 #338A78 #78338A

tetradic

#8A7833 #338A4C #33458A #8A3371

square

#8A7833 #338A4C #33458A #8A3371

split-complementary

#8A7833 #33718A #4C338A

monochromatic

#312A12 #5D5122 #8A7833 #B79F44 #C9B66E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#8A7833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#8A7833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7833

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7833	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84762C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.091 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9e6d',
    500: '#8a7833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7833;
$custom-light: #af9e6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57509,
    "c": 0.09132,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7833

secondary

#6777B1

accent

#6DD652

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7833

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

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