#8D7221#8D7221

#8D7221 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.102 H 89.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D7221
RGB	rgb(141, 114, 33)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 76.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.26, 1.93, 46.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.26, 46.27, 87.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.34% 0.0007 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(56.34% 0.102 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.2773, 17.8083, 3.9659)
Luminance	0.1781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D7221 #213C8D

analogous

#8D3C21 #8D7221 #728D21

triadic

#8D7221 #218D72 #72218D

tetradic

#8D7221 #218D3C #213C8D #8D2172

square

#8D7221 #218D3C #213C8D #8D2172

split-complementary

#8D7221 #21728D #3C218D

monochromatic

#2A220A #5B4A15 #8D7221 #BF9A2D #D6B552

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#8D7221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#8D7221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D7221

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D7221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D7221	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867825

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d7221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 114, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.102 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29a62',
    500: '#8d7221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d7221;
$custom-light: #b29a62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d7221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56337,
    "c": 0.10183,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D7221

secondary

#506ABA

accent

#6BE543

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D7221

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

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