#8A851C#8A851C

#8A851C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.120 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A851C
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 28)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 79.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.30, -10.28, 52.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.30, 53.63, 101.05°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% -0.0342 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.12 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0792, 22.2629, 4.3905)
Luminance	0.2226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A851C #1C218A

analogous

#8A4E1C #8A851C #588A1C

triadic

#8A851C #1C8A85 #851C8A

tetradic

#8A851C #1C8A4E #1C218A #8A1C58

square

#8A851C #1C8A4E #1C218A #8A1C58

split-complementary

#8A851C #1C588A #4E1C8A

monochromatic

#242307 #575412 #8A851C #BDB626 #DAD347

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#8A851C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#8A851C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A851C

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A851C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A851C	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938425

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a851c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.120 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a862',
    500: '#8a851c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a851c;
$custom-light: #b0a862;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a851c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 66.265,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60256,
    "c": 0.11959,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A851C

secondary

#464CBB

accent

#46E93F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A851C

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

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