#8A722A#8A722A

#8A722A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.095 H 90.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A722A
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 42)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 69.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.01, 1.02, 41.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.01, 41.96, 88.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.09% -0.0006 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(56.09% 0.095 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.9174, 17.6061, 4.6973)
Luminance	0.1761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A722A #2A428A

analogous

#8A422A #8A722A #728A2A

triadic

#8A722A #2A8A72 #722A8A

tetradic

#8A722A #2A8A42 #2A428A #8A2A72

square

#8A722A #2A8A42 #2A428A #8A2A72

split-complementary

#8A722A #2A728A #422A8A

monochromatic

#2C240D #5B4B1C #8A722A #B99938 #CFB360

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#8A722A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#8A722A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A722A

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A722A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A722A	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85772D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a722a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.095 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9a67',
    500: '#8a722a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a722a;
$custom-light: #af9a67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a722a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5609,
    "c": 0.09466,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A722A

secondary

#5B72B4

accent

#6FDD4B

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A722A

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

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