#8A7E59#8A7E59

#8A7E59 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.054 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7E59
RGB	rgb(138, 126, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 22%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 36%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 35.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.00, -1.29, 21.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.00, 21.88, 93.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.44% -0.0021 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(59.44% 0.054 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.7456, 21.0469, 12.4716)
Luminance	0.2105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7E59 #59658A

analogous

#8A6659 #8A7E59 #7E8A59

triadic

#8A7E59 #598A7E #7E598A

tetradic

#8A7E59 #598A66 #59658A #8A597E

square

#8A7E59 #598A66 #59658A #8A597E

split-complementary

#8A7E59 #597E8A #66598A

monochromatic

#403A29 #655C41 #8A7E59 #A89C78 #C0B89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#8A7E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#8A7E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7E59

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7E59	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867C56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89805A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 126, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.054 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada388',
    500: '#8a7e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7e59;
$custom-light: #ada388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 21.586,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59442,
    "c": 0.05446,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7E59

secondary

#9198AE

accent

#7EBE6A

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F3EF

border

#CECDCA

text

#100F0B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7E59

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

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