#8A7E28#8A7E28

#8A7E28 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.105 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7E28
RGB	rgb(138, 126, 40)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.37, -5.86, 46.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.37, 46.66, 97.22°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% -0.0205 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.106 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.3259, 20.4790, 4.9946)
Luminance	0.2048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7E28 #28348A

analogous

#8A4D28 #8A7E28 #658A28

triadic

#8A7E28 #288A7E #7E288A

tetradic

#8A7E28 #288A4D #28348A #8A2865

square

#8A7E28 #288A4D #28348A #8A2865

split-complementary

#8A7E28 #28658A #4D288A

monochromatic

#2B270C #5B531A #8A7E28 #B9A936 #D0C25D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#8A7E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#8A7E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7E28

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7E28	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7A1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95756D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 126, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.105 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa367',
    500: '#8a7e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7e28;
$custom-light: #afa367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.653,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58744,
    "c": 0.1055,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7E28

secondary

#5964B5

accent

#5CDE49

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7E28

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

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