#8A7935#8A7935

#8A7935 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.090 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7935
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 53)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 61.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.08, -2.20, 38.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.08, 38.96, 93.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.75% -0.0085 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(57.75% 0.09 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.9620, 19.3359, 6.1536)
Luminance	0.1933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7935 #35468A

analogous

#8A4E35 #8A7935 #718A35

triadic

#8A7935 #358A79 #79358A

tetradic

#8A7935 #358A4E #35468A #8A3571

square

#8A7935 #358A4E #35468A #8A3571

split-complementary

#8A7935 #35718A #4E358A

monochromatic

#322B13 #5E5224 #8A7935 #B6A046 #C8B771

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#8A7935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#8A7935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7935

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7935	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	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)

#85772E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94706A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.090 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9f6f',
    500: '#8a7935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7935;
$custom-light: #af9f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 44.503,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57754,
    "c": 0.0903,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7935

secondary

#6A78B1

accent

#6DD454

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7935

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

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