#8A7319#8A7319

#8A7319 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.106 H 93.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7319
RGB	rgb(138, 115, 25)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(48, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 81.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.17, -0.38, 49.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.17, 49.03, 90.45°)
OKLab	oklab(56.18% -0.0066 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(56.18% 0.106 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.7884, 17.7359, 3.4586)
Luminance	0.1774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7319 #19308A

analogous

#8A3B19 #8A7319 #688A19

triadic

#8A7319 #198A73 #73198A

tetradic

#8A7319 #198A3B #19308A #8A1968

square

#8A7319 #198A3B #19308A #8A1968

split-complementary

#8A7319 #19688A #3B198A

monochromatic

#221D06 #564810 #8A7319 #BE9E22 #DDBD41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#8A7319 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#8A7319 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A7319

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7319	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A7319	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807103

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86781F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7319;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 115, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.106 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09a5e',
    500: '#8a7319',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7319;
$custom-light: #b09a5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7319",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.788,
    "s": 69.325,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56178,
    "c": 0.10644,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7319

secondary

#425BBD

accent

#60EC3C

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7319

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

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