#8A7D21#8A7D21

#8A7D21 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.109 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7D21
RGB	rgb(138, 125, 33)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.04, -5.67, 48.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.04, 49.11, 96.63°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% -0.0208 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.109 101)
XYZ	xyz(18.0902, 20.1811, 4.3810)
Luminance	0.2018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7D21 #212E8A

analogous

#8A4821 #8A7D21 #628A21

triadic

#8A7D21 #218A7D #7D218A

tetradic

#8A7D21 #218A48 #212E8A #8A2162

square

#8A7D21 #218A48 #212E8A #8A2162

split-complementary

#8A7D21 #21628A #48218A

monochromatic

#272409 #595015 #8A7D21 #BBAA2D #D5C550

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#8A7D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#8A7D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7D21

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7D21	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897910

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95746B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 125, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.109 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a264',
    500: '#8a7d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7d21;
$custom-light: #b0a264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.571,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58464,
    "c": 0.10938,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.2018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7D21

secondary

#4E5BB9

accent

#57E543

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7D21

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

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