#8A835B#8A835B

#8A835B is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.057 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A835B
RGB	rgb(138, 131, 91)
HSL	hsl(51, 21%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 34%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 34.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.44, -3.84, 22.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.44, 22.94, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(60.59% -0.0094 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(60.59% 0.057 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4861, 22.3917, 13.1384)
Luminance	0.2239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A835B #5B628A

analogous

#8A6C5B #8A835B #798A5B

triadic

#8A835B #5B8A83 #835B8A

tetradic

#8A835B #5B8A6C #5B628A #8A5B79

square

#8A835B #5B8A6C #5B628A #8A5B79

split-complementary

#8A835B #5B798A #6C5B8A

monochromatic

#403D2A #656043 #8A835B #A8A17B #C0BB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#8A835B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#8A835B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A835B

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A835B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A835B	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D835C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a835b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 131, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.057 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada789',
    500: '#8a835b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a835b;
$custom-light: #ada789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a835b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 20.524,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60591,
    "c": 0.05709,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A835B

secondary

#9397AE

accent

#77BD6B

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4F0

border

#CECECB

text

#100F0B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A835B

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