#8A852A#8A852A

#8A852A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.111 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A852A
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 42)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 69.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.39, -9.60, 47.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.39, 48.45, 101.42°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% -0.0309 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.111 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.2874, 22.3462, 5.4873)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A852A #2A2F8A

analogous

#8A552A #8A852A #5F8A2A

triadic

#8A852A #2A8A85 #852A8A

tetradic

#8A852A #2A8A55 #2A2F8A #8A2A5F

square

#8A852A #2A8A55 #2A2F8A #8A2A5F

split-complementary

#8A852A #2A5F8A #552A8A

monochromatic

#2C2B0D #5B581C #8A852A #B9B238 #CFC960

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#8A852A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#8A852A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A852A

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A852A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A852A	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90801D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a852a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.111 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa869',
    500: '#8a852a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a852a;
$custom-light: #afa869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a852a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.875,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60353,
    "c": 0.11076,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A852A

secondary

#5B60B4

accent

#53DD4B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A852A

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

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