#8A7933#8A7933

#8A7933 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.092 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7933
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 63%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.06, -2.35, 39.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.06, 39.93, 93.37°)
OKLab	oklab(57.73% -0.0091 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(57.73% 0.092 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.9169, 19.3179, 5.9163)
Luminance	0.1932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7933 #33448A

analogous

#8A4E33 #8A7933 #708A33

triadic

#8A7933 #338A79 #79338A

tetradic

#8A7933 #338A4E #33448A #8A3370

square

#8A7933 #338A4E #33448A #8A3370

split-complementary

#8A7933 #33708A #4E338A

monochromatic

#312B12 #5D5222 #8A7933 #B7A044 #C9B86E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#8A7933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#8A7933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7933

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7933	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85762B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95706A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.092 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9f6e',
    500: '#8a7933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7933;
$custom-light: #af9f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.276,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57731,
    "c": 0.09214,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7933

secondary

#6776B1

accent

#6CD652

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7933

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

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