#8A7420#8A7420

#8A7420 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.103 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7420
RGB	rgb(138, 116, 32)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 76.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.50, -0.66, 46.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.50, 46.74, 90.81°)
OKLab	oklab(56.45% -0.0067 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(56.45% 0.103 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.9883, 17.9993, 3.9456)
Luminance	0.1800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7420 #20368A

analogous

#8A3F20 #8A7420 #6B8A20

triadic

#8A7420 #208A74 #74208A

tetradic

#8A7420 #208A3F #20368A #8A206B

square

#8A7420 #208A3F #20368A #8A206B

split-complementary

#8A7420 #206B8A #3F208A

monochromatic

#272009 #584A14 #8A7420 #BC9E2C #D6BA4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#8A7420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#8A7420 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7420

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7420	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817211

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877825

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 116, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.103 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09b62',
    500: '#8a7420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7420;
$custom-light: #b09b62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.547,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56445,
    "c": 0.10307,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7420

secondary

#4D63B9

accent

#64E542

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7420

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

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