#8A7A21#8A7A21

#8A7A21 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.107 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7A21
RGB	rgb(138, 122, 33)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.19, -4.00, 47.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.19, 48.13, 94.76°)
OKLab	oklab(57.79% -0.016 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(57.79% 0.107 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.7162, 19.4330, 4.2563)
Luminance	0.1943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7A21 #21318A

analogous

#8A4521 #8A7A21 #658A21

triadic

#8A7A21 #218A7A #7A218A

tetradic

#8A7A21 #218A45 #21318A #8A2165

square

#8A7A21 #218A45 #21318A #8A2165

split-complementary

#8A7A21 #21658A #45218A

monochromatic

#272309 #594E15 #8A7A21 #BBA62D #D5C150

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#8A7A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#8A7A21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7A21

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7A21	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877711

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 122, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.107 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a063',
    500: '#8a7a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7a21;
$custom-light: #b0a063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.857,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57788,
    "c": 0.10688,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7A21

secondary

#4E5EB9

accent

#5CE543

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7A21

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

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