#8A783E#8A783E

#8A783E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.081 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A783E
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 62)
HSL	hsl(46, 38%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 55.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.90, -0.88, 34.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.90, 34.08, 91.48°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% -0.0035 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.081 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.0679, 19.1849, 7.3078)
Luminance	0.1918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A783E #3E508A

analogous

#8A523E #8A783E #768A3E

triadic

#8A783E #3E8A78 #783E8A

tetradic

#8A783E #3E8A52 #3E508A #8A3E76

square

#8A783E #3E8A52 #3E508A #8A3E76

split-complementary

#8A783E #3E768A #523E8A

monochromatic

#362F18 #60532B #8A783E #B29B53 #C5B47E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#8A783E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#8A783E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A783E

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A783E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A783E	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94706B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a783e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.081 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9e75',
    500: '#8a783e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a783e;
$custom-light: #ae9e75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a783e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.789,
    "s": 38,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5765,
    "c": 0.0806,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A783E

secondary

#7583AF

accent

#75CE5A

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F5F2ED

border

#CFCCC8

text

#110E08

muted

#807E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A783E

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

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