#8A862C#8A862C

#8A862C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.110 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A862C
RGB	rgb(138, 134, 44)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 68.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.70, -10.02, 46.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.70, 48.01, 102.04°)
OKLab	oklab(60.6% -0.0319 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(60.6% 0.11 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4617, 22.6360, 5.7264)
Luminance	0.2263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A862C #2C308A

analogous

#8A572C #8A862C #5F8A2C

triadic

#8A862C #2C8A86 #862C8A

tetradic

#8A862C #2C8A57 #2C308A #8A2C5F

square

#8A862C #2C8A57 #2C308A #8A2C5F

split-complementary

#8A862C #2C5F8A #572C8A

monochromatic

#2D2C0E #5C591D #8A862C #B8B33B #CDC963

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8A862C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#8A862C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A862C

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A862C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A862C	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)

#91811F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a862c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 134, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.110 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa96a',
    500: '#8a862c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a862c;
$custom-light: #afa96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a862c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.606,
    "c": 0.11029,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A862C

secondary

#5E62B4

accent

#53DB4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A862C

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

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