#8A873A#8A873A

#8A873A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.099 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A873A
RGB	rgb(138, 135, 58)
HSL	hsl(58, 41%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 58%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.11, -9.57, 40.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.11, 42.09, 103.14°)
OKLab	oklab(60.97% -0.0289 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(60.97% 0.099 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.9095, 23.0373, 7.4000)
Luminance	0.2304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A873A #3A3D8A

analogous

#8A5F3A #8A873A #658A3A

triadic

#8A873A #3A8A87 #873A8A

tetradic

#8A873A #3A8A5F #3A3D8A #8A3A65

square

#8A873A #3A8A5F #3A3D8A #8A3A65

split-complementary

#8A873A #3A658A #5F3A8A

monochromatic

#343316 #5F5D28 #8A873A #B4B04D #C6C378

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8A873A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#8A873A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A873A

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A873A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A873A	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93853E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a873a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 135, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.099 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea973',
    500: '#8a873a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a873a;
$custom-light: #aea973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a873a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.75,
    "s": 40.816,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60971,
    "c": 0.09933,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A873A

secondary

#7073B0

accent

#5CD157

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F5F4ED

border

#CFCEC8

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A873A

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

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