#8A7840#8A7840

#8A7840 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.079 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7840
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(45, 54%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 53.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.93, -0.70, 33.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.93, 33.05, 91.21°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% -0.0027 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.079 92)
XYZ	xyz(18.1238, 19.2072, 7.6022)
Luminance	0.1921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7840 #40528A

analogous

#8A5340 #8A7840 #778A40

triadic

#8A7840 #408A78 #78408A

tetradic

#8A7840 #408A53 #40528A #8A4077

square

#8A7840 #408A53 #40528A #8A4077

split-complementary

#8A7840 #40778A #53408A

monochromatic

#362F19 #60542D #8A7840 #B19B56 #C4B480

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#8A7840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#8A7840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7840

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7840	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)

#83763B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94706B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.079 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9e76',
    500: '#8a7840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7840;
$custom-light: #ae9e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 36.634,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57678,
    "c": 0.0785,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.19206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7840

secondary

#7785AF

accent

#77CD5B

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F5F2ED

border

#CFCCC8

text

#100E08

muted

#7F7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7840

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

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