#8A701B#8A701B

#8A701B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.104 H 90.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A701B
RGB	rgb(138, 112, 27)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(46, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 80.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.35, 1.41, 47.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.35, 47.60, 88.31°)
OKLab	oklab(55.53% -0.0013 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(55.53% 0.104 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.4742, 17.0718, 3.4642)
Luminance	0.1707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A701B #1B358A

analogous

#8A391B #8A701B #6D8A1B

triadic

#8A701B #1B8A70 #701B8A

tetradic

#8A701B #1B8A39 #1B358A #8A1B6D

square

#8A701B #1B8A39 #1B358A #8A1B6D

split-complementary

#8A701B #1B6D8A #391B8A

monochromatic

#241D07 #574611 #8A701B #BD9A25 #DBB745

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#8A701B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#8A701B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A701B

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A701B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A701B	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)

#7E6F09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847620

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a701b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 112, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.104 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0985f',
    500: '#8a701b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a701b;
$custom-light: #b0985f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a701b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.946,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55531,
    "c": 0.10356,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A701B

secondary

#4561BC

accent

#66EA3E

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A701B

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

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