#8A7834#8A7834

#8A7834 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.090 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7834
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 52)
HSL	hsl(47, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 62.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.79, -1.71, 39.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.79, 39.11, 92.51°)
OKLab	oklab(57.52% -0.0072 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(57.52% 0.09 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.8183, 19.0850, 5.9934)
Luminance	0.1908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7834 #34468A

analogous

#8A4D34 #8A7834 #718A34

triadic

#8A7834 #348A78 #78348A

tetradic

#8A7834 #348A4D #34468A #8A3471

square

#8A7834 #348A4D #34468A #8A3471

split-complementary

#8A7834 #34718A #4D348A

monochromatic

#312B13 #5E5123 #8A7834 #B69F45 #C9B66F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#8A7834 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#8A7834 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7834

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7834	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7834	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)

#84762D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7834;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.090 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9e6e',
    500: '#8a7834',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7834;
$custom-light: #af9e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7834",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.442,
    "s": 45.263,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5752,
    "c": 0.09041,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7834

secondary

#6978B1

accent

#6ED553

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7834

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

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