#8A7225#8A7225

#8A7225 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.098 H 91.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7225
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 37)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 73.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.97, 0.73, 44.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.97, 44.16, 89.05°)
OKLab	oklab(56.04% -0.0021 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(56.04% 0.098 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.8334, 17.5725, 4.2551)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7225 #253D8A

analogous

#8A4025 #8A7225 #708A25

triadic

#8A7225 #258A72 #72258A

tetradic

#8A7225 #258A40 #253D8A #8A2570

square

#8A7225 #258A40 #253D8A #8A2570

split-complementary

#8A7225 #25708A #40258A

monochromatic

#29220B #5A4A18 #8A7225 #BA9A32 #D2B557

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#8A7225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#8A7225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A7225

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A7225	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)

#7F701A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.098 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09a64',
    500: '#8a7225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7225;
$custom-light: #b09a64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.743,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56044,
    "c": 0.09841,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7225

secondary

#546CB7

accent

#6BE147

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7225

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

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