#8A892E#8A892E

#8A892E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.112 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A892E
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 46)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 66.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.58, -11.52, 47.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.58, 48.40, 103.76°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% -0.0359 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.112 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9207, 23.4924, 6.0694)
Luminance	0.2349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A892E #2E2F8A

analogous

#8A5B2E #8A892E #5D8A2E

triadic

#8A892E #2E8A89 #892E8A

tetradic

#8A892E #2E8A5B #2E2F8A #8A2E5D

square

#8A892E #2E8A5B #2E2F8A #8A2E5D

split-complementary

#8A892E #2E5D8A #5B2E8A

monochromatic

#2E2E0F #5C5B1F #8A892E #B8B73D #CCCB66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#8A892E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#8A892E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A892E

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A892E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A892E	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a892e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.112 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afab6c',
    500: '#8a892e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a892e;
$custom-light: #afab6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a892e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.348,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61307,
    "c": 0.11194,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A892E

secondary

#6162B3

accent

#50DA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A892E

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

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