#8A7616#8A7616

#8A7616 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.110 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7616
RGB	rgb(138, 118, 22)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(50, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 84.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.00, -2.19, 50.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.00, 50.78, 92.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56.83% -0.012 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(56.83% 0.11 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.1054, 18.4190, 3.4132)
Luminance	0.1842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7616 #162A8A

analogous

#8A3C16 #8A7616 #648A16

triadic

#8A7616 #168A76 #76168A

tetradic

#8A7616 #168A3C #162A8A #8A1664

square

#8A7616 #168A3C #162A8A #8A1664

split-complementary

#8A7616 #16648A #3C168A

monochromatic

#201C05 #55490E #8A7616 #BFA31E #E0C33B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#8A7616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#8A7616 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7616

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7616	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 118, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.110 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09d5e',
    500: '#8a7616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7616;
$custom-light: #b09d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56827,
    "c": 0.10992,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7616

secondary

#3E54BE

accent

#58EF39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7616

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

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