#8A6F16#8A6F16

#8A6F16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.106 H 90.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6F16
RGB	rgb(138, 111, 22)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(46, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 84.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.05, 1.79, 49.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.05, 49.07, 87.90°)
OKLab	oklab(55.28% -0.0007 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(55.28% 0.106 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.3115, 16.8312, 3.1485)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6F16 #16318A

analogous

#8A3516 #8A6F16 #6B8A16

triadic

#8A6F16 #168A6F #6F168A

tetradic

#8A6F16 #168A35 #16318A #8A166B

square

#8A6F16 #168A35 #16318A #8A166B

split-complementary

#8A6F16 #166B8A #35168A

monochromatic

#201A05 #55450E #8A6F16 #BF991E #E0B93B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#8A6F16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#8A6F16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6F16

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6F16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6F16	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D6E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83751C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96655F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6f16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 111, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.106 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0985d',
    500: '#8a6f16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6f16;
$custom-light: #b0985d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6f16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.034,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55283,
    "c": 0.10557,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6F16

secondary

#3E5CBE

accent

#63EF39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#110D04

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6F16

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

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