#8A7940#8A7940

#8A7940 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.079 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7940
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 53.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.21, -1.26, 33.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.21, 33.40, 92.17°)
OKLab	oklab(57.9% -0.0044 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(57.9% 0.079 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.2447, 19.4490, 7.6425)
Luminance	0.1945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7940 #40518A

analogous

#8A5440 #8A7940 #768A40

triadic

#8A7940 #408A79 #79408A

tetradic

#8A7940 #408A54 #40518A #8A4076

square

#8A7940 #408A54 #40518A #8A4076

split-complementary

#8A7940 #40768A #54408A

monochromatic

#363019 #60542D #8A7940 #B19C56 #C4B580

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#8A7940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#8A7940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7940

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7940	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84773B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94716C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.079 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9f76',
    500: '#8a7940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7940;
$custom-light: #ae9f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.216,
    "s": 36.634,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57899,
    "c": 0.07931,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7940

secondary

#7784AF

accent

#75CD5B

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F5F2ED

border

#CFCCC8

text

#100E08

muted

#7F7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7940

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

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