#8A7720#8A7720

#8A7720 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.105 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7720
RGB	rgb(138, 119, 32)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 76.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.34, -2.36, 47.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.34, 47.60, 92.84°)
OKLab	oklab(57.11% -0.0115 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(57.11% 0.105 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.3397, 18.7021, 4.0628)
Luminance	0.1870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7720 #20338A

analogous

#8A4220 #8A7720 #688A20

triadic

#8A7720 #208A77 #77208A

tetradic

#8A7720 #208A42 #20338A #8A2068

square

#8A7720 #208A42 #20338A #8A2068

split-complementary

#8A7720 #20688A #42208A

monochromatic

#272109 #584C14 #8A7720 #BCA22C #D6BE4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#8A7720 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#8A7720 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7720

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7720	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7720	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847410

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897A25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7720;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 119, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.105 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09d62',
    500: '#8a7720',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7720;
$custom-light: #b09d62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7720",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.245,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57111,
    "c": 0.10519,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7720

secondary

#4D60B9

accent

#60E542

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7720

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

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