#8A7020#8A7020

#8A7020 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.101 H 90.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7020
RGB	rgb(138, 112, 32)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 76.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.38, 1.62, 45.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.38, 45.70, 87.96°)
OKLab	oklab(55.57% -0.0001 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(55.57% 0.101 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.5371, 17.0969, 3.7952)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7020 #203A8A

analogous

#8A3B20 #8A7020 #6F8A20

triadic

#8A7020 #208A70 #70208A

tetradic

#8A7020 #208A3B #203A8A #8A206F

square

#8A7020 #208A3B #203A8A #8A206F

split-complementary

#8A7020 #206F8A #3B208A

monochromatic

#271F09 #584814 #8A7020 #BC982C #D6B54E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#8A7020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#8A7020 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A7020

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A7020	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)

#7D6F13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847624

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 112, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.101 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09862',
    500: '#8a7020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7020;
$custom-light: #b09862;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.283,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55566,
    "c": 0.10058,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7020

secondary

#4D67B9

accent

#6AE542

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7020

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

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