#8A7514#8A7514

#8A7514 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.110 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7514
RGB	rgb(138, 117, 20)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(49, 86%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 85.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.71, -1.69, 51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.71, 51.11, 91.89°)
OKLab	oklab(56.59% -0.0108 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(56.59% 0.11 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.9698, 18.1773, 3.2764)
Luminance	0.1818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7514 #14298A

analogous

#8A3A14 #8A7514 #648A14

triadic

#8A7514 #148A75 #75148A

tetradic

#8A7514 #148A3A #14298A #8A1464

square

#8A7514 #148A3A #14298A #8A1464

split-complementary

#8A7514 #14648A #3A148A

monochromatic

#1F1A05 #55480C #8A7514 #BFA21C #E2C336

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#8A7514 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#8A7514 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7514

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7514	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7514	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88791C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7514;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 117, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.110 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09c5d',
    500: '#8a7514',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7514;
$custom-light: #b09c5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7514",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.322,
    "s": 74.684,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56594,
    "c": 0.11013,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7514

secondary

#3C53BE

accent

#58F136

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7514

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

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