#8A851F#8A851F

#8A851F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.118 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A851F
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 31)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 77.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.32, -10.15, 51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.32, 52.63, 101.12°)
OKLab	oklab(60.27% -0.0336 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(60.27% 0.118 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.1169, 22.2780, 4.5891)
Luminance	0.2228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A851F #1F248A

analogous

#8A4F1F #8A851F #598A1F

triadic

#8A851F #1F8A85 #851F8A

tetradic

#8A851F #1F8A4F #1F248A #8A1F59

square

#8A851F #1F8A4F #1F248A #8A1F59

split-complementary

#8A851F #1F598A #4F1F8A

monochromatic

#262509 #585514 #8A851F #BCB52A #D7D04C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#8A851F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#8A851F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A851F

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A851F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A851F	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918007

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a851f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.118 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a864',
    500: '#8a851f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a851f;
$custom-light: #b0a864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a851f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.196,
    "s": 63.314,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60273,
    "c": 0.11796,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A851F

secondary

#4B50BA

accent

#49E641

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A851F

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

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