#8A862E#8A862E

#8A862E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.109 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A862E
RGB	rgb(138, 134, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 66.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.71, -9.89, 46.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.71, 47.16, 102.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.62% -0.0313 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(60.62% 0.109 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5002, 22.6514, 5.9292)
Luminance	0.2265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A862E #2E328A

analogous

#8A582E #8A862E #608A2E

triadic

#8A862E #2E8A86 #862E8A

tetradic

#8A862E #2E8A58 #2E328A #8A2E60

square

#8A862E #2E8A58 #2E328A #8A2E60

split-complementary

#8A862E #2E608A #582E8A

monochromatic

#2E2D0F #5C591F #8A862E #B8B33D #CCC866

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8A862E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#8A862E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A862E

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A862E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A862E	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)

#918122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a862e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 134, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.109 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa96c',
    500: '#8a862e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a862e;
$custom-light: #afa96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a862e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60617,
    "c": 0.10874,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A862E

secondary

#6164B3

accent

#54DA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A862E

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

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