#8A721B#8A721B

#8A721B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.105 H 92.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A721B
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 27)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(47, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 80.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.91, 0.26, 48.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.91, 48.08, 89.69°)
OKLab	oklab(55.97% -0.0046 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(55.97% 0.105 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.6973, 17.5181, 3.5386)
Luminance	0.1752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A721B #1B338A

analogous

#8A3A1B #8A721B #6B8A1B

triadic

#8A721B #1B8A72 #721B8A

tetradic

#8A721B #1B8A3A #1B338A #8A1B6B

square

#8A721B #1B8A3A #1B338A #8A1B6B

split-complementary

#8A721B #1B6B8A #3A1B8A

monochromatic

#241D07 #574811 #8A721B #BD9C25 #DBBA45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#8A721B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#8A721B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A721B

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A721B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A721B	1.00	4.66	4.50	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7008

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857721

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a721b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.105 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09a5f',
    500: '#8a721b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a721b;
$custom-light: #b09a5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a721b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.027,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5597,
    "c": 0.10474,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A721B

secondary

#455FBC

accent

#63EA3E

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A721B

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

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