#8A7821#8A7821

#8A7821 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.105 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7821
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 33)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.63, -2.87, 47.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.63, 47.51, 93.47°)
OKLab	oklab(57.34% -0.0129 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(57.34% 0.105 97)
XYZ	xyz(17.4731, 18.9469, 4.1753)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7821 #21338A

analogous

#8A4321 #8A7821 #678A21

triadic

#8A7821 #218A78 #78218A

tetradic

#8A7821 #218A43 #21338A #8A2167

square

#8A7821 #218A43 #21338A #8A2167

split-complementary

#8A7821 #21678A #43218A

monochromatic

#272209 #594D15 #8A7821 #BBA32D #D5BE50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#8A7821 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#8A7821 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7821

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7821	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7821	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857512

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7821;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.105 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09e63',
    500: '#8a7821',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7821;
$custom-light: #b09e63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7821",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57341,
    "c": 0.10531,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.18946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7821

secondary

#4E60B9

accent

#5FE543

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7821

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

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