#8A7229#8A7229

#8A7229 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.095 H 90.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7229
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 41)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 70.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.01, 0.96, 42.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.01, 42.41, 88.70°)
OKLab	oklab(56.08% -0.0009 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(56.08% 0.095 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.8997, 17.5990, 4.6042)
Luminance	0.1760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7229 #29418A

analogous

#8A4229 #8A7229 #718A29

triadic

#8A7229 #298A72 #72298A

tetradic

#8A7229 #298A42 #29418A #8A2971

square

#8A7229 #298A42 #29418A #8A2971

split-complementary

#8A7229 #29718A #42298A

monochromatic

#2C240D #5B4B1B #8A7229 #B99937 #CFB35E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#8A7229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#8A7229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A7229

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A7229	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)

#7F7120

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85772C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.095 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9a67',
    500: '#8a7229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7229;
$custom-light: #af9a67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.155,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56081,
    "c": 0.09544,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7229

secondary

#5A70B5

accent

#6FDE4A

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7229

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

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