#8A7016#8A7016

#8A7016 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.106 H 91.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7016
RGB	rgb(138, 112, 22)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(47, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 84.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.32, 1.22, 49.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.32, 49.29, 88.58°)
OKLab	oklab(55.5% -0.0023 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(55.5% 0.106 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.4212, 17.0506, 3.1851)
Luminance	0.1705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7016 #16308A

analogous

#8A3616 #8A7016 #6A8A16

triadic

#8A7016 #168A70 #70168A

tetradic

#8A7016 #168A36 #16308A #8A166A

square

#8A7016 #168A36 #16308A #8A166A

split-complementary

#8A7016 #166A8A #36168A

monochromatic

#201A05 #55450E #8A7016 #BF9B1E #E0BB3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#8A7016 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#8A7016 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A7016

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7016	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A7016	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E6E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84761C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96665F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 112, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.106 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0985d',
    500: '#8a7016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7016;
$custom-light: #b0985d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.552,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55502,
    "c": 0.10613,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7016

secondary

#3E5BBE

accent

#62EF39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7016

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

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