#8A7516#8A7516

#8A7516 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.109 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7516
RGB	rgb(138, 117, 22)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(49, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 84.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.72, -1.63, 50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.72, 50.52, 91.84°)
OKLab	oklab(56.6% -0.0104 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(56.6% 0.109 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.9883, 18.1848, 3.3741)
Luminance	0.1818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7516 #162B8A

analogous

#8A3B16 #8A7516 #658A16

triadic

#8A7516 #168A75 #75168A

tetradic

#8A7516 #168A3B #162B8A #8A1665

square

#8A7516 #168A3B #162B8A #8A1665

split-complementary

#8A7516 #16658A #3B168A

monochromatic

#201B05 #55480E #8A7516 #BFA21E #E0C23B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#8A7516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#8A7516 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7516

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7516	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)

#88791D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 117, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.109 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09c5d',
    500: '#8a7516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7516;
$custom-light: #b09c5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.138,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56604,
    "c": 0.10923,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7516

secondary

#3E55BE

accent

#5AEF39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7516

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

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