#8A7E21#8A7E21

#8A7E21 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.110 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7E21
RGB	rgb(138, 126, 33)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.33, -6.23, 49.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.33, 49.44, 97.23°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% -0.0223 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.11 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.2174, 20.4356, 4.4234)
Luminance	0.2044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7E21 #212D8A

analogous

#8A4921 #8A7E21 #618A21

triadic

#8A7E21 #218A7E #7E218A

tetradic

#8A7E21 #218A49 #212D8A #8A2161

square

#8A7E21 #218A49 #212D8A #8A2161

split-complementary

#8A7E21 #21618A #49218A

monochromatic

#272409 #595115 #8A7E21 #BBAB2D #D5C650

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#8A7E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#8A7E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7E21

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7E21	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7A0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95756C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 126, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.110 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a364',
    500: '#8a7e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7e21;
$custom-light: #b0a364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5869,
    "c": 0.11025,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7E21

secondary

#4E5AB9

accent

#56E543

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7E21

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

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