#8A7214#8A7214

#8A7214 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.108 H 93.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7214
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 20)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(48, 86%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 85.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.87, 0.01, 50.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.87, 50.37, 89.98°)
OKLab	oklab(55.93% -0.006 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(55.93% 0.108 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.6258, 17.4894, 3.1618)
Luminance	0.1749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7214 #142C8A

analogous

#8A3714 #8A7214 #678A14

triadic

#8A7214 #148A72 #72148A

tetradic

#8A7214 #148A37 #142C8A #8A1467

square

#8A7214 #148A37 #142C8A #8A1467

split-complementary

#8A7214 #14678A #37148A

monochromatic

#1F1A05 #55460C #8A7214 #BF9E1C #E2BF36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#8A7214 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#8A7214 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A7214

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7214	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A7214	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86771B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7214;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.108 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09a5c',
    500: '#8a7214',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7214;
$custom-light: #b09a5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7214",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.797,
    "s": 74.684,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55931,
    "c": 0.1082,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7214

secondary

#3C56BE

accent

#5CF136

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#110E04

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7214

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

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