#8A7421#8A7421

#8A7421 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.102 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7421
RGB	rgb(138, 116, 33)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.50, -0.61, 46.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.50, 46.35, 90.76°)
OKLab	oklab(56.45% -0.0064 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(56.45% 0.102 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0021, 18.0048, 4.0183)
Luminance	0.1800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7421 #21378A

analogous

#8A3F21 #8A7421 #6B8A21

triadic

#8A7421 #218A74 #74218A

tetradic

#8A7421 #218A3F #21378A #8A216B

square

#8A7421 #218A3F #21378A #8A216B

split-complementary

#8A7421 #216B8A #3F218A

monochromatic

#272109 #594A15 #8A7421 #BB9E2D #D5B950

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#8A7421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#8A7421 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7421

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7421	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	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)

#817213

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867826

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 116, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.102 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09b63',
    500: '#8a7421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7421;
$custom-light: #b09b63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.429,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56452,
    "c": 0.10243,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7421

secondary

#4E65B9

accent

#65E543

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7421

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

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