#8A7937#8A7937

#8A7937 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.088 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7937
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.10, -2.04, 37.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.10, 37.98, 93.08°)
OKLab	oklab(57.78% -0.0078 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(57.78% 0.088 95)
XYZ	xyz(18.0089, 19.3547, 6.4009)
Luminance	0.1935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7937 #37488A

analogous

#8A5037 #8A7937 #718A37

triadic

#8A7937 #378A79 #79378A

tetradic

#8A7937 #378A50 #37488A #8A3771

square

#8A7937 #378A50 #37488A #8A3771

split-complementary

#8A7937 #37718A #50378A

monochromatic

#322C14 #5E5326 #8A7937 #B69F48 #C8B674

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#8A7937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#8A7937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7937

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7937	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)

#847730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94716A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.088 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9f70',
    500: '#8a7937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7937;
$custom-light: #ae9f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.711,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57778,
    "c": 0.08841,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.19354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7937

secondary

#6D7AB0

accent

#6FD355

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110E08

muted

#807E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7937

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

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