#8A7934#8A7934

#8A7934 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.091 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7934
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 52)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 62.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.07, -2.28, 39.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.07, 39.45, 93.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% -0.0088 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.091 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.9392, 19.3268, 6.0337)
Luminance	0.1933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7934 #34458A

analogous

#8A4E34 #8A7934 #708A34

triadic

#8A7934 #348A79 #79348A

tetradic

#8A7934 #348A4E #34458A #8A3470

square

#8A7934 #348A4E #34458A #8A3470

split-complementary

#8A7934 #34708A #4E348A

monochromatic

#312B13 #5E5223 #8A7934 #B6A045 #C9B76F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#8A7934 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#8A7934 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7934

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7934	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7934	1.00	4.32	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85772D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94706A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7934;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.091 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9f6e',
    500: '#8a7934',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7934;
$custom-light: #af9f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7934",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.14,
    "s": 45.263,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57742,
    "c": 0.09122,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7934

secondary

#6977B1

accent

#6DD553

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7934

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

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