#87721B#87721B

#87721B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.104 H 94.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87721B
RGB	rgb(135, 114, 27)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 80%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.59, -1.15, 47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.59, 47.70, 91.38°)
OKLab	oklab(55.65% -0.0084 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(55.65% 0.104 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.2077, 17.2656, 3.5156)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87721B #1B3087

analogous

#873C1B #87721B #66871B

triadic

#87721B #1B8772 #721B87

tetradic

#87721B #1B873C #1B3087 #871B66

square

#87721B #1B873C #1B3087 #871B66

split-complementary

#87721B #1B6687 #3C1B87

monochromatic

#211C07 #544711 #87721B #BA9D25 #D9BC43

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#87721B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#87721B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #87721B

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87721B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##87721B	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7008

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847621

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#926861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87721b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 114, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.104 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9a5f',
    500: '#87721b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87721b;
$custom-light: #ae9a5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87721b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.333,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5565,
    "c": 0.10427,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87721B

secondary

#445BBA

accent

#60EA3E

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #87721B

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

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