#8A862F#8A862F

#8A862F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.108 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A862F
RGB	rgb(138, 134, 47)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 65.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.72, -9.83, 45.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.72, 46.72, 102.14°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% -0.031 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.108 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5201, 22.6593, 6.0342)
Luminance	0.2266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A862F #2F338A

analogous

#8A592F #8A862F #618A2F

triadic

#8A862F #2F8A86 #862F8A

tetradic

#8A862F #2F8A59 #2F338A #8A2F61

square

#8A862F #2F8A59 #2F338A #8A2F61

split-complementary

#8A862F #2F618A #592F8A

monochromatic

#2F2D10 #5C5A1F #8A862F #B8B23F #CCC768

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8A862F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#8A862F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A862F

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A862F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A862F	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)

#918124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a862f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 134, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.108 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa96c',
    500: '#8a862f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a862f;
$custom-light: #afa96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a862f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.363,
    "s": 49.189,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60627,
    "c": 0.10794,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A862F

secondary

#6266B3

accent

#55D94F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A862F

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

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