#8A862D#8A862D

#8A862D 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	#8A862D
RGB	rgb(138, 134, 45)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 67.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.70, -9.96, 46.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.70, 47.59, 102.08°)
OKLab	oklab(60.61% -0.0316 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(60.61% 0.11 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4807, 22.6436, 5.8266)
Luminance	0.2264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A862D #2D318A

analogous

#8A572D #8A862D #5F8A2D

triadic

#8A862D #2D8A86 #862D8A

tetradic

#8A862D #2D8A57 #2D318A #8A2D5F

square

#8A862D #2D8A57 #2D318A #8A2D5F

split-complementary

#8A862D #2D5F8A #572D8A

monochromatic

#2E2C0F #5C591E #8A862D #B8B33C #CDC865

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8A862D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#8A862D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A862D

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A862D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A862D	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)

#918121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a862d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 134, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.110 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa96b',
    500: '#8a862d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a862d;
$custom-light: #afa96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a862d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.419,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60608,
    "c": 0.10953,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A862D

secondary

#6063B3

accent

#54DA4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A862D

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

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