#8A7835#8A7835

#8A7835 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.089 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7835
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 61.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.80, -1.63, 38.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.80, 38.62, 92.43°)
OKLab	oklab(57.53% -0.0068 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(57.53% 0.089 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.8411, 19.0941, 6.1133)
Luminance	0.1909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7835 #35478A

analogous

#8A4D35 #8A7835 #728A35

triadic

#8A7835 #358A78 #78358A

tetradic

#8A7835 #358A4D #35478A #8A3572

square

#8A7835 #358A4D #35478A #8A3572

split-complementary

#8A7835 #35728A #4D358A

monochromatic

#322B13 #5E5224 #8A7835 #B69E46 #C8B671

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#8A7835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#8A7835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7835

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7835	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)

#84762E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#946F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.089 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9e6f',
    500: '#8a7835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7835;
$custom-light: #af9e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.294,
    "s": 44.503,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57532,
    "c": 0.08948,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7835

secondary

#6A79B1

accent

#6FD454

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7835

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

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