#8A7221#8A7221

#8A7221 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.101 H 91.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7221
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 33)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.94, 0.53, 45.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.94, 45.81, 89.34°)
OKLab	oklab(56.01% -0.0032 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(56.01% 0.101 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.7740, 17.5487, 3.9423)
Luminance	0.1755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7221 #21398A

analogous

#8A3D21 #8A7221 #6D8A21

triadic

#8A7221 #218A72 #72218A

tetradic

#8A7221 #218A3D #21398A #8A216D

square

#8A7221 #218A3D #21398A #8A216D

split-complementary

#8A7221 #216D8A #3D218A

monochromatic

#272009 #594915 #8A7221 #BB9B2D #D5B750

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#8A7221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#8A7221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A7221

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A7221	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7014

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.101 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09a62',
    500: '#8a7221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7221;
$custom-light: #b09a62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56012,
    "c": 0.10113,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7221

secondary

#4E67B9

accent

#68E543

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7221

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

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