#8B701B#8B701B

#8B701B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.104 H 90.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B701B
RGB	rgb(139, 112, 27)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(46, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.46, 1.88, 47.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.46, 47.75, 87.75°)
OKLab	oklab(55.64% 0 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(55.64% 0.104 90)
XYZ	xyz(16.6405, 17.1575, 3.4720)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B701B #1B368B

analogous

#8B381B #8B701B #6E8B1B

triadic

#8B701B #1B8B70 #701B8B

tetradic

#8B701B #1B8B38 #1B368B #8B1B6E

square

#8B701B #1B8B38 #1B368B #8B1B6E

split-complementary

#8B701B #1B6E8B #381B8B

monochromatic

#251D07 #584711 #8B701B #BE9925 #DBB745

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#8B701B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#8B701B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B701B

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B701B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B701B	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)

#7E6F09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847620

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b701b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 112, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.104 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1985f',
    500: '#8b701b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b701b;
$custom-light: #b1985f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b701b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.536,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55641,
    "c": 0.10379,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.17156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B701B

secondary

#4562BC

accent

#67EA3D

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B701B

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

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