#8A7A22#8A7A22

#8A7A22 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.106 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7A22
RGB	rgb(138, 122, 34)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 75.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.20, -3.95, 47.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.20, 47.75, 94.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.8% -0.0158 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(57.8% 0.106 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.7304, 19.4387, 4.3312)
Luminance	0.1944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7A22 #22328A

analogous

#8A4622 #8A7A22 #668A22

triadic

#8A7A22 #228A7A #7A228A

tetradic

#8A7A22 #228A46 #22328A #8A2266

square

#8A7A22 #228A46 #22328A #8A2266

split-complementary

#8A7A22 #22668A #46228A

monochromatic

#28230A #594F16 #8A7A22 #BBA52E #D4C052

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#8A7A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#8A7A22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7A22

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7A22	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)

#867713

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957169

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 122, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.106 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a064',
    500: '#8a7a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7a22;
$custom-light: #b0a064;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57796,
    "c": 0.10624,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7A22

secondary

#5060B8

accent

#5DE444

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7A22

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

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