#8A7939#8A7939

#8A7939 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.086 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7939
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 57)
HSL	hsl(47, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 58.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.12, -1.88, 36.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.12, 36.98, 92.92°)
OKLab	oklab(57.8% -0.007 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(57.8% 0.086 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.0578, 19.3743, 6.6585)
Luminance	0.1937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7939 #394A8A

analogous

#8A5039 #8A7939 #728A39

triadic

#8A7939 #398A79 #79398A

tetradic

#8A7939 #398A50 #394A8A #8A3972

square

#8A7939 #398A50 #394A8A #8A3972

split-complementary

#8A7939 #39728A #50398A

monochromatic

#332D15 #5F5327 #8A7939 #B59F4B #C7B677

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#8A7939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#8A7939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7939

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7939	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)

#847733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94716B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.086 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9f71',
    500: '#8a7939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7939;
$custom-light: #ae9f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.407,
    "s": 41.538,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57803,
    "c": 0.08647,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7939

secondary

#6F7DB0

accent

#70D156

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110E08

muted

#807E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7939

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

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