#8A7D31#8A7D31

#8A7D31 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.097 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7D31
RGB	rgb(138, 125, 49)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 64.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, -4.74, 42.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 42.31, 96.43°)
OKLab	oklab(58.6% -0.0163 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(58.6% 0.097 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.3700, 20.2931, 5.8545)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7D31 #313E8A

analogous

#8A5131 #8A7D31 #6B8A31

triadic

#8A7D31 #318A7D #7D318A

tetradic

#8A7D31 #318A51 #313E8A #8A316B

square

#8A7D31 #318A51 #313E8A #8A316B

split-complementary

#8A7D31 #316B8A #51318A

monochromatic

#302B11 #5D5421 #8A7D31 #B7A641 #CABC6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#8A7D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#8A7D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7D31

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7D31	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897A28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94746D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 125, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.097 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa26d',
    500: '#8a7d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7d31;
$custom-light: #afa26d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.236,
    "s": 47.594,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58603,
    "c": 0.09739,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7D31

secondary

#6570B2

accent

#64D751

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110F07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7D31

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

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