#8A7321#8A7321

#8A7321 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.102 H 92.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7321
RGB	rgb(138, 115, 33)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.22, -0.04, 46.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.22, 46.08, 90.05°)
OKLab	oklab(56.23% -0.0048 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(56.23% 0.102 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.8874, 17.7755, 3.9801)
Luminance	0.1777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7321 #21388A

analogous

#8A3E21 #8A7321 #6C8A21

triadic

#8A7321 #218A73 #73218A

tetradic

#8A7321 #218A3E #21388A #8A216C

square

#8A7321 #218A3E #21388A #8A216C

split-complementary

#8A7321 #216C8A #3E218A

monochromatic

#272109 #594A15 #8A7321 #BB9C2D #D5B850

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#8A7321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#8A7321 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A7321

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A7321	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867826

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 115, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.102 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09b62',
    500: '#8a7321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7321;
$custom-light: #b09b62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.857,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56232,
    "c": 0.10176,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7321

secondary

#4E66B9

accent

#67E543

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7321

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

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