#8A7521#8A7521

#8A7521 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.103 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7521
RGB	rgb(138, 117, 33)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.78, -1.18, 46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.78, 46.63, 91.45°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% -0.008 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.103 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.1179, 18.2366, 4.0569)
Luminance	0.1824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7521 #21368A

analogous

#8A4021 #8A7521 #6A8A21

triadic

#8A7521 #218A75 #75218A

tetradic

#8A7521 #218A40 #21368A #8A216A

square

#8A7521 #218A40 #21368A #8A216A

split-complementary

#8A7521 #216A8A #40218A

monochromatic

#272109 #594B15 #8A7521 #BB9F2D #D5BB50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#8A7521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#8A7521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7521

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7521	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827313

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877926

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 117, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.103 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09c63',
    500: '#8a7521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7521;
$custom-light: #b09c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56674,
    "c": 0.10311,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7521

secondary

#4E64B9

accent

#64E543

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7521

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

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