#8A863E#8A863E

#8A863E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.094 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A863E
RGB	rgb(138, 134, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 38%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 55.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.87, -8.68, 38.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.87, 39.69, 102.64°)
OKLab	oklab(60.79% -0.026 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(60.79% 0.094 106)
XYZ	xyz(19.8764, 22.8019, 7.9107)
Luminance	0.2280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A863E #3E428A

analogous

#8A603E #8A863E #688A3E

triadic

#8A863E #3E8A86 #863E8A

tetradic

#8A863E #3E8A60 #3E428A #8A3E68

square

#8A863E #3E8A60 #3E428A #8A3E68

split-complementary

#8A863E #3E688A #603E8A

monochromatic

#363418 #605D2B #8A863E #B2AD53 #C5C17E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#8A863E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#8A863E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A863E

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A863E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A863E	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a863e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 134, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.094 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea976',
    500: '#8a863e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a863e;
$custom-light: #aea976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a863e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 38,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60792,
    "c": 0.09429,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.22801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A863E

secondary

#7578AF

accent

#60CE5A

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4ED

border

#CFCEC8

text

#100F08

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A863E

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

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