#8A783B#8A783B

#8A783B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.084 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A783B
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 59)
HSL	hsl(46, 40%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 57.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.87, -1.15, 35.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.87, 35.62, 91.84°)
OKLab	oklab(57.61% -0.0046 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(57.61% 0.084 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.9878, 19.1528, 6.8862)
Luminance	0.1915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A783B #3B4D8A

analogous

#8A503B #8A783B #748A3B

triadic

#8A783B #3B8A78 #783B8A

tetradic

#8A783B #3B8A50 #3B4D8A #8A3B74

square

#8A783B #3B8A50 #3B4D8A #8A3B74

split-complementary

#8A783B #3B748A #503B8A

monochromatic

#342D16 #5F5329 #8A783B #B49D4F #C6B579

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#8A783B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#8A783B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A783B

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A783B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A783B	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94706A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a783b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.084 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9e73',
    500: '#8a783b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a783b;
$custom-light: #ae9e73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a783b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.329,
    "s": 40.102,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57608,
    "c": 0.08366,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A783B

secondary

#717FAF

accent

#73D058

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F6F2ED

border

#D0CCC8

text

#110E08

muted

#807E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A783B

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

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