#8A7316#8A7316

#8A7316 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.108 H 93.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7316
RGB	rgb(138, 115, 22)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(48, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 84.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.16, -0.49, 50.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.16, 50.01, 90.56°)
OKLab	oklab(56.16% -0.0072 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(56.16% 0.108 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.7578, 17.7237, 3.2973)
Luminance	0.1772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7316 #162D8A

analogous

#8A3916 #8A7316 #678A16

triadic

#8A7316 #168A73 #73168A

tetradic

#8A7316 #168A39 #162D8A #8A1667

square

#8A7316 #168A39 #162D8A #8A1667

split-complementary

#8A7316 #16678A #39168A

monochromatic

#201B05 #55470E #8A7316 #BF9F1E #E0BF3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#8A7316 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#8A7316 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A7316

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7316	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A7316	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86781D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7316;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 115, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.108 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09a5d',
    500: '#8a7316',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7316;
$custom-light: #b09a5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7316",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.103,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56161,
    "c": 0.10791,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7316

secondary

#3E57BE

accent

#5DEF39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7316

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

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