#8A7121#8A7121

#8A7121 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.101 H 90.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7121
RGB	rgb(138, 113, 33)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.67, 1.10, 45.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.67, 45.55, 88.62°)
OKLab	oklab(55.79% -0.0015 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(55.79% 0.101 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.6618, 17.3244, 3.9049)
Luminance	0.1732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7121 #213A8A

analogous

#8A3C21 #8A7121 #6E8A21

triadic

#8A7121 #218A71 #71218A

tetradic

#8A7121 #218A3C #213A8A #8A216E

square

#8A7121 #218A3C #213A8A #8A216E

split-complementary

#8A7121 #216E8A #3C218A

monochromatic

#272009 #594915 #8A7121 #BB992D #D5B650

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#8A7121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#8A7121 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A7121

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A7121	1.00	4.70	4.46	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E6F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847725

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 113, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.101 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09962',
    500: '#8a7121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7121;
$custom-light: #b09962;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55793,
    "c": 0.10052,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7121

secondary

#4E68B9

accent

#6AE543

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7121

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

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