#8A7B23#8A7B23

#8A7B23 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.106 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7B23
RGB	rgb(138, 123, 35)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.49, -4.46, 47.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.49, 47.68, 95.37°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% -0.0171 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.106 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.8684, 19.6914, 4.4494)
Luminance	0.1969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7B23 #23328A

analogous

#8A4823 #8A7B23 #668A23

triadic

#8A7B23 #238A7B #7B238A

tetradic

#8A7B23 #238A48 #23328A #8A2366

square

#8A7B23 #238A48 #23328A #8A2366

split-complementary

#8A7B23 #23668A #48238A

monochromatic

#28240A #594F17 #8A7B23 #BBA72F #D4C154

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#8A7B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#8A7B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7B23

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7B23	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)

#877814

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95726A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 123, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.106 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa064',
    500: '#8a7b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7b23;
$custom-light: #afa064;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.262,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58028,
    "c": 0.1064,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7B23

secondary

#5160B7

accent

#5CE345

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7B23

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

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