#8A7422#8A7422

#8A7422 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.102 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7422
RGB	rgb(138, 116, 34)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 75.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.51, -0.56, 45.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.51, 45.95, 90.70°)
OKLab	oklab(56.46% -0.0062 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(56.46% 0.102 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.0163, 18.0105, 4.0932)
Luminance	0.1801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7422 #22388A

analogous

#8A4022 #8A7422 #6C8A22

triadic

#8A7422 #228A74 #74228A

tetradic

#8A7422 #228A40 #22388A #8A226C

square

#8A7422 #228A40 #22388A #8A226C

split-complementary

#8A7422 #226C8A #40228A

monochromatic

#28210A #594B16 #8A7422 #BB9D2E #D4B952

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#8A7422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#8A7422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7422

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7422	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)

#817215

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867827

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 116, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.102 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09b63',
    500: '#8a7422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7422;
$custom-light: #b09b63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.308,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5646,
    "c": 0.10178,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7422

secondary

#5066B8

accent

#66E444

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7422

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

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