#8A7F37#8A7F37

#8A7F37 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.094 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7F37
RGB	rgb(138, 127, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, -5.41, 39.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 40.21, 97.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% -0.0174 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.094 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.7609, 20.8586, 6.6516)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7F37 #37428A

analogous

#8A5537 #8A7F37 #6B8A37

triadic

#8A7F37 #378A7F #7F378A

tetradic

#8A7F37 #378A55 #37428A #8A376B

square

#8A7F37 #378A55 #37428A #8A376B

split-complementary

#8A7F37 #376B8A #55378A

monochromatic

#322E14 #5E5726 #8A7F37 #B6A748 #C8BC74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#8A7F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#8A7F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7F37

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7F37	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)

#8A7B30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D803B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94776F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 127, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.094 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea371',
    500: '#8a7f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7f37;
$custom-light: #aea371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.048,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5912,
    "c": 0.09381,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7F37

secondary

#6D75B0

accent

#66D355

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F3EC

border

#D0CDC7

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7F37

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

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