#8A7C23#8A7C23

#8A7C23 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.107 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7C23
RGB	rgb(138, 124, 35)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.77, -5.02, 47.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.77, 48.01, 96.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.25% -0.0187 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(58.25% 0.107 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.9931, 19.9408, 4.4910)
Luminance	0.1994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7C23 #23318A

analogous

#8A4923 #8A7C23 #658A23

triadic

#8A7C23 #238A7C #7C238A

tetradic

#8A7C23 #238A49 #23318A #8A2365

square

#8A7C23 #238A49 #23318A #8A2365

split-complementary

#8A7C23 #23658A #49238A

monochromatic

#28240A #595017 #8A7C23 #BBA82F #D4C254

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#8A7C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#8A7C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7C23

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7C23	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887814

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95736B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 124, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.107 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa164',
    500: '#8a7c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7c23;
$custom-light: #afa164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.845,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58253,
    "c": 0.10724,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7C23

secondary

#515FB7

accent

#5BE345

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7C23

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

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