#8A7E22#8A7E22

#8A7E22 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.110 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7E22
RGB	rgb(138, 126, 34)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 75.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.33, -6.18, 48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.33, 49.07, 97.23°)
OKLab	oklab(58.7% -0.0221 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(58.7% 0.11 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.2317, 20.4413, 4.4983)
Luminance	0.2044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7E22 #222E8A

analogous

#8A4A22 #8A7E22 #628A22

triadic

#8A7E22 #228A7E #7E228A

tetradic

#8A7E22 #228A4A #222E8A #8A2262

square

#8A7E22 #228A4A #222E8A #8A2262

split-complementary

#8A7E22 #22628A #4A228A

monochromatic

#28240A #595116 #8A7E22 #BBAB2E #D4C552

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#8A7E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#8A7E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7E22

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7E22	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)

#8A7A11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95756C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 126, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.110 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa364',
    500: '#8a7e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7e22;
$custom-light: #afa364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58697,
    "c": 0.10962,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7E22

secondary

#505CB8

accent

#57E444

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7E22

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

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