#8A7722#8A7722

#8A7722 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.104 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7722
RGB	rgb(138, 119, 34)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 75.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.35, -2.26, 46.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.35, 46.82, 92.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% -0.011 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.104 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.3677, 18.7133, 4.2103)
Luminance	0.1871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7722 #22358A

analogous

#8A4322 #8A7722 #698A22

triadic

#8A7722 #228A77 #77228A

tetradic

#8A7722 #228A43 #22358A #8A2269

square

#8A7722 #228A43 #22358A #8A2269

split-complementary

#8A7722 #22698A #43228A

monochromatic

#28220A #594D16 #8A7722 #BBA12E #D4BD52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#8A7722 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#8A7722 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7722

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7722	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7722	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)

#847414

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7722;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 119, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.104 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09d63',
    500: '#8a7722',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7722;
$custom-light: #b09d63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7722",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.038,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57125,
    "c": 0.1039,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7722

secondary

#5063B8

accent

#61E444

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7722

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

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