#8B701A#8B701A

#8B701A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.104 H 90.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B701A
RGB	rgb(139, 112, 26)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(46, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 81.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.45, 1.84, 48.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.45, 48.10, 87.81°)
OKLab	oklab(55.64% -0.0003 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(55.64% 0.104 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.6291, 17.1530, 3.4121)
Luminance	0.1715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B701A #1A358B

analogous

#8B381A #8B701A #6D8B1A

triadic

#8B701A #1A8B70 #701A8B

tetradic

#8B701A #1A8B38 #1A358B #8B1A6D

square

#8B701A #1A8B38 #1A358B #8B1A6D

split-complementary

#8B701A #1A6D8B #381A8B

monochromatic

#241D07 #574610 #8B701A #BF9A24 #DCB743

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#8B701A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#8B701A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B701A

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B701A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B701A	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E6F07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84761F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b701a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 112, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.104 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1985f',
    500: '#8b701a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b701a;
$custom-light: #b1985f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b701a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.664,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55635,
    "c": 0.10433,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B701A

secondary

#4461BD

accent

#66EB3C

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B701A

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

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