#8A852E#8A852E

#8A852E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.108 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A852E
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 66.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.42, -9.35, 45.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.42, 46.75, 101.54°)
OKLab	oklab(60.39% -0.0297 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(60.39% 0.108 106)
XYZ	xyz(19.3626, 22.3763, 5.8833)
Luminance	0.2238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A852E #2E338A

analogous

#8A572E #8A852E #618A2E

triadic

#8A852E #2E8A85 #852E8A

tetradic

#8A852E #2E8A57 #2E338A #8A2E61

square

#8A852E #2E8A57 #2E338A #8A2E61

split-complementary

#8A852E #2E618A #572E8A

monochromatic

#2E2D0F #5C591F #8A852E #B8B13D #CCC766

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#8A852E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#8A852E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A852E

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A852E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A852E	1.00	3.84	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a852e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.108 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa86c',
    500: '#8a852e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a852e;
$custom-light: #afa86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a852e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.739,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60389,
    "c": 0.1077,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.22376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A852E

secondary

#6165B3

accent

#56DA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A852E

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

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