#8A7F36#8A7F36

#8A7F36 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.095 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7F36
RGB	rgb(138, 127, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.78, -5.48, 40.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.78, 40.69, 97.74°)
OKLab	oklab(59.11% -0.0178 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(59.11% 0.095 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.7372, 20.8491, 6.5266)
Luminance	0.2085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7F36 #36418A

analogous

#8A5536 #8A7F36 #6B8A36

triadic

#8A7F36 #368A7F #7F368A

tetradic

#8A7F36 #368A55 #36418A #8A366B

square

#8A7F36 #368A55 #36418A #8A366B

split-complementary

#8A7F36 #366B8A #55368A

monochromatic

#322E14 #5E5725 #8A7F36 #B6A747 #C8BD72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#8A7F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#8A7F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7F36

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7F36	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D803A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94776F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 127, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.095 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea370',
    500: '#8a7f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7f36;
$custom-light: #aea370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.143,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59109,
    "c": 0.09475,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7F36

secondary

#6B74B1

accent

#65D354

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F3EC

border

#D0CDC7

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7F36

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

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