#8A7416#8A7416

#8A7416 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.109 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7416
RGB	rgb(138, 116, 22)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(49, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 84.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.44, -1.06, 50.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.44, 50.26, 91.21°)
OKLab	oklab(56.38% -0.0088 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(56.38% 0.109 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.8724, 17.9530, 3.3355)
Luminance	0.1795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7416 #162C8A

analogous

#8A3A16 #8A7416 #668A16

triadic

#8A7416 #168A74 #74168A

tetradic

#8A7416 #168A3A #162C8A #8A1666

square

#8A7416 #168A3A #162C8A #8A1666

split-complementary

#8A7416 #16668A #3A168A

monochromatic

#201B05 #55480E #8A7416 #BFA01E #E0C03B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#8A7416 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#8A7416 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7416

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7416	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7416	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87781D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7416;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 116, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.109 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09b5d',
    500: '#8a7416',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7416;
$custom-light: #b09b5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7416",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.621,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56383,
    "c": 0.10856,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7416

secondary

#3E56BE

accent

#5BEF39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7416

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

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