#8A7714#8A7714

#8A7714 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.112 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7714
RGB	rgb(138, 119, 20)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(50, 86%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 85.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.27, -2.82, 51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.27, 51.64, 93.13°)
OKLab	oklab(57.04% -0.014 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(57.04% 0.112 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.2053, 18.6484, 3.3549)
Luminance	0.1865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7714 #14278A

analogous

#8A3C14 #8A7714 #628A14

triadic

#8A7714 #148A77 #77148A

tetradic

#8A7714 #148A3C #14278A #8A1462

square

#8A7714 #148A3C #14278A #8A1462

split-complementary

#8A7714 #14628A #3C148A

monochromatic

#1F1B05 #55490C #8A7714 #BFA51C #E2C636

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#8A7714 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#8A7714 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7714

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7714	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7714	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897A1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7714;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 119, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.112 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09d5d',
    500: '#8a7714',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7714;
$custom-light: #b09d5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7714",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.339,
    "s": 74.684,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5704,
    "c": 0.11152,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7714

secondary

#3C51BE

accent

#55F136

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7714

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

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