#8A7222#8A7222

#8A7222 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.100 H 91.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7222
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 34)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 75.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.95, 0.58, 45.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.95, 45.41, 89.27°)
OKLab	oklab(56.02% -0.0029 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(56.02% 0.1 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.7882, 17.5544, 4.0171)
Luminance	0.1755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7222 #223A8A

analogous

#8A3E22 #8A7222 #6E8A22

triadic

#8A7222 #228A72 #72228A

tetradic

#8A7222 #228A3E #223A8A #8A226E

square

#8A7222 #228A3E #223A8A #8A226E

split-complementary

#8A7222 #226E8A #3E228A

monochromatic

#28210A #594916 #8A7222 #BB9B2E #D4B652

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#8A7222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#8A7222 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A7222

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A7222	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)

#7F7015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.100 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09a63',
    500: '#8a7222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7222;
$custom-light: #b09a63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5602,
    "c": 0.10047,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7222

secondary

#5068B8

accent

#69E444

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7222

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

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