#8A7936#8A7936

#8A7936 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.089 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7936
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.09, -2.12, 38.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.09, 38.47, 93.16°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% -0.0081 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.089 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.9852, 19.3452, 6.2760)
Luminance	0.1934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7936 #36478A

analogous

#8A4F36 #8A7936 #718A36

triadic

#8A7936 #368A79 #79368A

tetradic

#8A7936 #368A4F #36478A #8A3671

square

#8A7936 #368A4F #36478A #8A3671

split-complementary

#8A7936 #36718A #4F368A

monochromatic

#322C14 #5E5225 #8A7936 #B6A047 #C8B772

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#8A7936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#8A7936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7936

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7936	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)

#84772F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94706A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.089 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9f6f',
    500: '#8a7936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7936;
$custom-light: #ae9f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.857,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57766,
    "c": 0.08936,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7936

secondary

#6B79B1

accent

#6ED354

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7936

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

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