#8A812E#8A812E

#8A812E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.104 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A812E
RGB	rgb(138, 129, 46)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 66.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.28, -7.16, 44.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.28, 45.18, 99.12°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% -0.0235 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.104 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.8254, 21.3018, 5.7043)
Luminance	0.2130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A812E #2E378A

analogous

#8A532E #8A812E #658A2E

triadic

#8A812E #2E8A81 #812E8A

tetradic

#8A812E #2E8A53 #2E378A #8A2E65

square

#8A812E #2E8A53 #2E378A #8A2E65

split-complementary

#8A812E #2E658A #532E8A

monochromatic

#2E2B0F #5C561F #8A812E #B8AC3D #CCC266

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#8A812E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#8A812E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A812E

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A812E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A812E	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7D23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a812e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 129, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.104 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa56b',
    500: '#8a812e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a812e;
$custom-light: #afa56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a812e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.13,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59477,
    "c": 0.10368,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A812E

secondary

#6169B3

accent

#5CDA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A812E

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

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