#8A852D#8A852D

#8A852D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.108 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A852D
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 45)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 67.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.42, -9.41, 46.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.42, 47.19, 101.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60.38% -0.03 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(60.38% 0.108 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.3431, 22.3685, 5.7807)
Luminance	0.2237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A852D #2D328A

analogous

#8A562D #8A852D #608A2D

triadic

#8A852D #2D8A85 #852D8A

tetradic

#8A852D #2D8A56 #2D328A #8A2D60

square

#8A852D #2D8A56 #2D328A #8A2D60

split-complementary

#8A852D #2D608A #562D8A

monochromatic

#2E2C0F #5C591E #8A852D #B8B13C #CDC765

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#8A852D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#8A852D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A852D

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A852D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A852D	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)

#908021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a852d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.108 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa86b',
    500: '#8a852d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a852d;
$custom-light: #afa86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a852d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.774,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60379,
    "c": 0.10849,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A852D

secondary

#6064B3

accent

#55DA4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A852D

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

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