#8A7223#8A7223

#8A7223 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.100 H 91.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7223
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 35)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.96, 0.63, 44.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.96, 45.00, 89.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.03% -0.0026 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(56.03% 0.1 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.8028, 17.5603, 4.0942)
Luminance	0.1756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7223 #233B8A

analogous

#8A3E23 #8A7223 #6F8A23

triadic

#8A7223 #238A72 #72238A

tetradic

#8A7223 #238A3E #233B8A #8A236F

square

#8A7223 #238A3E #233B8A #8A236F

split-complementary

#8A7223 #236F8A #3E238A

monochromatic

#28210A #594A17 #8A7223 #BB9A2F #D4B654

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#8A7223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#8A7223 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A7223

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A7223	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7017

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.100 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09a63',
    500: '#8a7223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7223;
$custom-light: #b09a63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.019,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56028,
    "c": 0.0998,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7223

secondary

#5169B7

accent

#6AE345

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7223

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

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