#8A7A23#8A7A23

#8A7A23 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.106 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7A23
RGB	rgb(138, 122, 35)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.20, -3.90, 47.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.20, 47.35, 94.72°)
OKLab	oklab(57.8% -0.0155 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(57.8% 0.106 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.7450, 19.4446, 4.4083)
Luminance	0.1944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7A23 #23338A

analogous

#8A4723 #8A7A23 #678A23

triadic

#8A7A23 #238A7A #7A238A

tetradic

#8A7A23 #238A47 #23338A #8A2367

square

#8A7A23 #238A47 #23338A #8A2367

split-complementary

#8A7A23 #23678A #47238A

monochromatic

#28240A #594F17 #8A7A23 #BBA52F #D4C054

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#8A7A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#8A7A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7A23

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7A23	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	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)

#867715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957169

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 122, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.106 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa064',
    500: '#8a7a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7a23;
$custom-light: #afa064;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.68,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57803,
    "c": 0.10558,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7A23

secondary

#5161B7

accent

#5EE345

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7A23

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

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