#8A851D#8A851D

#8A851D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.119 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A851D
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 29)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 79%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.31, -10.24, 52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.31, 53.30, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% -0.034 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.119 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0913, 22.2677, 4.4546)
Luminance	0.2227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A851D #1D228A

analogous

#8A4F1D #8A851D #588A1D

triadic

#8A851D #1D8A85 #851D8A

tetradic

#8A851D #1D8A4F #1D228A #8A1D58

square

#8A851D #1D8A4F #1D228A #8A1D58

split-complementary

#8A851D #1D588A #4F1D8A

monochromatic

#252408 #575412 #8A851D #BDB628 #D9D249

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#8A851D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#8A851D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A851D

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A851D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A851D	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)

#918002

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a851d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.119 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a863',
    500: '#8a851d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a851d;
$custom-light: #b0a863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a851d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.248,
    "s": 65.269,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60261,
    "c": 0.11906,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A851D

secondary

#484DBB

accent

#47E840

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A851D

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

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