#8A7E29#8A7E29

#8A7E29 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.105 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7E29
RGB	rgb(138, 126, 41)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 70.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, -5.81, 45.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 46.24, 97.21°)
OKLab	oklab(58.75% -0.0203 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(58.75% 0.105 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.3431, 20.4859, 5.0854)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7E29 #29358A

analogous

#8A4D29 #8A7E29 #668A29

triadic

#8A7E29 #298A7E #7E298A

tetradic

#8A7E29 #298A4D #29358A #8A2966

square

#8A7E29 #298A4D #29358A #8A2966

split-complementary

#8A7E29 #29668A #4D298A

monochromatic

#2C280D #5B531B #8A7E29 #B9A937 #CFC15E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#8A7E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#8A7E29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7E29

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7E29	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)

#8A7A1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95756D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 126, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.105 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa368',
    500: '#8a7e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7e29;
$custom-light: #afa368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.577,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58752,
    "c": 0.10476,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7E29

secondary

#5A65B5

accent

#5CDE4A

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7E29

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

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