#8A7022#8A7022

#8A7022 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.099 H 89.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7022
RGB	rgb(138, 112, 34)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 75.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.40, 1.72, 44.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.40, 44.89, 87.80°)
OKLab	oklab(55.58% 0.0004 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(55.58% 0.099 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.5651, 17.1081, 3.9428)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7022 #223C8A

analogous

#8A3C22 #8A7022 #708A22

triadic

#8A7022 #228A70 #70228A

tetradic

#8A7022 #228A3C #223C8A #8A2270

square

#8A7022 #228A3C #223C8A #8A2270

split-complementary

#8A7022 #22708A #3C228A

monochromatic

#28200A #594816 #8A7022 #BB982E #D4B452

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#8A7022 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#8A7022 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A7022

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7022	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A7022	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)

#7D6F16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847626

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7022;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 112, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.099 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09863',
    500: '#8a7022',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7022;
$custom-light: #b09863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7022",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55582,
    "c": 0.09928,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7022

secondary

#506AB8

accent

#6CE444

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7022

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →