#8A862B#8A862B

#8A862B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.111 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A862B
RGB	rgb(138, 134, 43)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 68.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.69, -10.08, 47.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.69, 48.43, 102.01°)
OKLab	oklab(60.59% -0.0321 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(60.59% 0.111 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4431, 22.6285, 5.6286)
Luminance	0.2263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A862B #2B2F8A

analogous

#8A572B #8A862B #5E8A2B

triadic

#8A862B #2B8A86 #862B8A

tetradic

#8A862B #2B8A57 #2B2F8A #8A2B5E

square

#8A862B #2B8A57 #2B2F8A #8A2B5E

split-complementary

#8A862B #2B5E8A #572B8A

monochromatic

#2D2B0E #5B591C #8A862B #B9B33A #CEC961

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8A862B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#8A862B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A862B

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A862B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A862B	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91811E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a862b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 134, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.111 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa96a',
    500: '#8a862b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a862b;
$custom-light: #afa96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a862b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.474,
    "s": 52.486,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60591,
    "c": 0.11105,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A862B

secondary

#5D60B4

accent

#52DC4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A862B

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

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