#8A7228#8A7228

#8A7228 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.096 H 90.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7228
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 40)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.00, 0.90, 42.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.00, 42.86, 88.80°)
OKLab	oklab(56.07% -0.0012 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(56.07% 0.096 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.8824, 17.5921, 4.5135)
Luminance	0.1759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7228 #28408A

analogous

#8A4128 #8A7228 #718A28

triadic

#8A7228 #288A72 #72288A

tetradic

#8A7228 #288A41 #28408A #8A2871

square

#8A7228 #288A41 #28408A #8A2871

split-complementary

#8A7228 #28718A #41288A

monochromatic

#2B240C #5B4B1A #8A7228 #B99936 #D0B45D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#8A7228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#8A7228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A7228

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A7228	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F701E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85772C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956863

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.096 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9a66',
    500: '#8a7228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7228;
$custom-light: #af9a66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56071,
    "c": 0.09621,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7228

secondary

#596FB5

accent

#6EDE49

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7228

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

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