#8A7522#8A7522

#8A7522 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.102 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7522
RGB	rgb(138, 117, 34)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 75.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.79, -1.13, 46.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.79, 46.23, 91.40°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% -0.0078 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.102 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.1322, 18.2423, 4.1318)
Luminance	0.1824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7522 #22378A

analogous

#8A4122 #8A7522 #6B8A22

triadic

#8A7522 #228A75 #75228A

tetradic

#8A7522 #228A41 #22378A #8A226B

square

#8A7522 #228A41 #22378A #8A226B

split-complementary

#8A7522 #226B8A #41228A

monochromatic

#28220A #594B16 #8A7522 #BB9F2E #D4BA52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#8A7522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#8A7522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7522

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7522	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)

#827315

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877927

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 117, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.102 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09c63',
    500: '#8a7522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7522;
$custom-light: #b09c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.885,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56681,
    "c": 0.10246,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7522

secondary

#5065B8

accent

#64E444

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7522

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

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