#8A7A42#8A7A42

#8A7A42 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.078 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7A42
RGB	rgb(138, 122, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 35%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 52.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.52, -1.64, 32.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.52, 32.72, 92.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.15% -0.0052 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(58.15% 0.078 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.4248, 19.7165, 7.9883)
Luminance	0.1972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7A42 #42528A

analogous

#8A5642 #8A7A42 #768A42

triadic

#8A7A42 #428A7A #7A428A

tetradic

#8A7A42 #428A56 #42528A #8A4276

square

#8A7A42 #428A56 #42528A #8A4276

split-complementary

#8A7A42 #42768A #56428A

monochromatic

#37311A #61552E #8A7A42 #B09D59 #C4B583

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#8A7A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#8A7A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7A42

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7A42	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84783D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94726D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 122, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.078 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea078',
    500: '#8a7a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7a42;
$custom-light: #aea078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5815,
    "c": 0.07802,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7A42

secondary

#7985AE

accent

#75CB5C

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F5F2ED

border

#CFCCC8

text

#100E09

muted

#7F7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7A42

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →