#8B6F17#8B6F17

#8B6F17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.105 H 89.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6F17
RGB	rgb(139, 111, 23)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(46, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.16, 2.30, 48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.16, 48.90, 87.30°)
OKLab	oklab(55.4% 0.0008 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(55.4% 0.105 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.4876, 16.9208, 3.2081)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6F17 #17338B

analogous

#8B3517 #8B6F17 #6D8B17

triadic

#8B6F17 #178B6F #6F178B

tetradic

#8B6F17 #178B35 #17338B #8B176D

square

#8B6F17 #178B35 #17338B #8B176D

split-complementary

#8B6F17 #176D8B #35178B

monochromatic

#221B06 #56450E #8B6F17 #C09920 #DFB83D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#8B6F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#8B6F17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B6F17

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B6F17	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D6E01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84761D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97655F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 111, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.105 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1985d',
    500: '#8b6f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6f17;
$custom-light: #b1985d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55399,
    "c": 0.10533,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6F17

secondary

#3F5EBF

accent

#65EE39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6F17

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

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