#8A851E#8A851E

#8A851E 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	#8A851E
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 30)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 78.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.32, -10.20, 51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.32, 52.97, 101.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.27% -0.0338 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(60.27% 0.119 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.1039, 22.2728, 4.5208)
Luminance	0.2227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A851E #1E238A

analogous

#8A4F1E #8A851E #598A1E

triadic

#8A851E #1E8A85 #851E8A

tetradic

#8A851E #1E8A4F #1E238A #8A1E59

square

#8A851E #1E8A4F #1E238A #8A1E59

split-complementary

#8A851E #1E598A #4F1E8A

monochromatic

#252408 #585513 #8A851E #BCB529 #D8D14B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#8A851E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#8A851E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A851E

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A851E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A851E	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)

#918005

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a851e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.119 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a863',
    500: '#8a851e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a851e;
$custom-light: #b0a863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a851e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.222,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60267,
    "c": 0.11851,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A851E

secondary

#4A4FBA

accent

#48E741

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A851E

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

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