#8A7021#8A7021

#8A7021 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.100 H 89.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7021
RGB	rgb(138, 112, 33)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.39, 1.67, 45.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.39, 45.30, 87.89°)
OKLab	oklab(55.57% 0.0001 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(55.57% 0.1 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.5509, 17.1025, 3.8679)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7021 #213B8A

analogous

#8A3B21 #8A7021 #6F8A21

triadic

#8A7021 #218A70 #70218A

tetradic

#8A7021 #218A3B #213B8A #8A216F

square

#8A7021 #218A3B #213B8A #8A216F

split-complementary

#8A7021 #216F8A #3B218A

monochromatic

#272009 #594815 #8A7021 #BB982D #D5B450

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#8A7021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#8A7021 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A7021

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A7021	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)

#7D6F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847625

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 112, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.100 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09862',
    500: '#8a7021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7021;
$custom-light: #b09862;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.143,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55574,
    "c": 0.09994,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7021

secondary

#4E69B9

accent

#6BE543

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7021

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

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