#8A7D37#8A7D37

#8A7D37 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.092 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7D37
RGB	rgb(138, 125, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.23, -4.29, 39.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.23, 39.44, 96.25°)
OKLab	oklab(58.67% -0.0142 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(58.67% 0.092 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.5051, 20.3471, 6.5663)
Luminance	0.2035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7D37 #37448A

analogous

#8A5337 #8A7D37 #6E8A37

triadic

#8A7D37 #378A7D #7D378A

tetradic

#8A7D37 #378A53 #37448A #8A376E

square

#8A7D37 #378A53 #37448A #8A376E

split-complementary

#8A7D37 #376E8A #53378A

monochromatic

#322E14 #5E5526 #8A7D37 #B6A548 #C8BA74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#8A7D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#8A7D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7D37

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7D37	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887A30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94756E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 125, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.092 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea270',
    500: '#8a7d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7d37;
$custom-light: #aea270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.602,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58671,
    "c": 0.09192,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7D37

secondary

#6D77B0

accent

#69D355

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110F08

muted

#807E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7D37

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

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