#8A7216#8A7216

#8A7216 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.107 H 93.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7216
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 22)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(48, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 84.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.88, 0.08, 49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.88, 49.76, 89.91°)
OKLab	oklab(55.94% -0.0056 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(55.94% 0.107 93)
XYZ	xyz(16.6443, 17.4969, 3.2595)
Luminance	0.1750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7216 #162E8A

analogous

#8A3816 #8A7216 #688A16

triadic

#8A7216 #168A72 #72168A

tetradic

#8A7216 #168A38 #162E8A #8A1668

square

#8A7216 #168A38 #162E8A #8A1668

split-complementary

#8A7216 #16688A #38168A

monochromatic

#201B05 #55460E #8A7216 #BF9E1E #E0BE3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#8A7216 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#8A7216 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A7216

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7216	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A7216	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)

#85771D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7216;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.107 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09a5d',
    500: '#8a7216',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7216;
$custom-light: #b09a5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7216",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55941,
    "c": 0.1073,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.17496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7216

secondary

#3E58BE

accent

#5EEF39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7216

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

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