#8A701E#8A701E

#8A701E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.102 H 90.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A701E
RGB	rgb(138, 112, 30)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 78.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.37, 1.53, 46.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.37, 46.48, 88.11°)
OKLab	oklab(55.55% -0.0006 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(55.55% 0.102 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.5107, 17.0864, 3.6564)
Luminance	0.1709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A701E #1E388A

analogous

#8A3A1E #8A701E #6E8A1E

triadic

#8A701E #1E8A70 #701E8A

tetradic

#8A701E #1E8A3A #1E388A #8A1E6E

square

#8A701E #1E8A3A #1E388A #8A1E6E

split-complementary

#8A701E #1E6E8A #3A1E8A

monochromatic

#251E08 #584713 #8A701E #BC9929 #D8B64B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#8A701E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#8A701E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A701E

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A701E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A701E	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D6F0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847623

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a701e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 112, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.102 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09860',
    500: '#8a701e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a701e;
$custom-light: #b09860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a701e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.556,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55552,
    "c": 0.10182,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A701E

secondary

#4A65BA

accent

#69E741

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A701E

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

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