#8A7621#8A7621

#8A7621 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.104 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7621
RGB	rgb(138, 118, 33)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.06, -1.75, 46.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.06, 46.92, 92.13°)
OKLab	oklab(56.9% -0.0096 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(56.9% 0.104 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2351, 18.4709, 4.0960)
Luminance	0.1847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7621 #21358A

analogous

#8A4121 #8A7621 #698A21

triadic

#8A7621 #218A76 #76218A

tetradic

#8A7621 #218A41 #21358A #8A2169

square

#8A7621 #218A41 #21358A #8A2169

split-complementary

#8A7621 #21698A #41218A

monochromatic

#272209 #594C15 #8A7621 #BBA02D #D5BC50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#8A7621 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#8A7621 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7621

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7621	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7621	1.00	4.47	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837413

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7621;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 118, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.104 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09d63',
    500: '#8a7621',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7621;
$custom-light: #b09d63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7621",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56895,
    "c": 0.10382,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7621

secondary

#4E63B9

accent

#62E543

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7621

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

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