#8A7941#8A7941

#8A7941 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.078 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7941
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 65)
HSL	hsl(46, 36%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 53%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 52.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.22, -1.17, 32.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.22, 32.88, 92.04°)
OKLab	oklab(57.91% -0.004 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(57.91% 0.078 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.2734, 19.4605, 7.7937)
Luminance	0.1946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7941 #41528A

analogous

#8A5441 #8A7941 #778A41

triadic

#8A7941 #418A79 #79418A

tetradic

#8A7941 #418A54 #41528A #8A4177

square

#8A7941 #418A54 #41528A #8A4177

split-complementary

#8A7941 #41778A #54418A

monochromatic

#37301A #60552D #8A7941 #B09C58 #C4B482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#8A7941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#8A7941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7941

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7941	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)

#84773C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94716C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.078 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9f77',
    500: '#8a7941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7941;
$custom-light: #ae9f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.027,
    "s": 35.961,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57914,
    "c": 0.07825,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7941

secondary

#7885AE

accent

#76CC5C

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F5F2ED

border

#CFCCC8

text

#100E09

muted

#7F7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7941

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

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