#8A7E35#8A7E35

#8A7E35 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.095 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7E35
RGB	rgb(138, 126, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 61.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, -5.00, 40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 40.79, 97.05°)
OKLab	oklab(58.87% -0.0165 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(58.87% 0.095 100)
XYZ	xyz(18.5854, 20.5828, 6.3614)
Luminance	0.2058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7E35 #35418A

analogous

#8A5335 #8A7E35 #6C8A35

triadic

#8A7E35 #358A7E #7E358A

tetradic

#8A7E35 #358A53 #35418A #8A356C

square

#8A7E35 #358A53 #35418A #8A356C

split-complementary

#8A7E35 #356C8A #53358A

monochromatic

#322D13 #5E5624 #8A7E35 #B6A646 #C8BC71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#8A7E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#8A7E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7E35

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7E35	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94766E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 126, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.095 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea36f',
    500: '#8a7e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7e35;
$custom-light: #aea36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.529,
    "s": 44.503,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58872,
    "c": 0.09473,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.20582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7E35

secondary

#6A74B1

accent

#66D454

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F3EC

border

#D0CDC7

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7E35

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

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