#8B701C#8B701C

#8B701C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.103 H 89.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B701C
RGB	rgb(139, 112, 28)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 79.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.46, 1.92, 47.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.46, 47.39, 87.68°)
OKLab	oklab(55.65% 0.0002 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(55.65% 0.103 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.6522, 17.1622, 3.5339)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B701C #1C378B

analogous

#8B381C #8B701C #6F8B1C

triadic

#8B701C #1C8B70 #701C8B

tetradic

#8B701C #1C8B38 #1C378B #8B1C6F

square

#8B701C #1C8B38 #1C378B #8B1C6F

split-complementary

#8B701C #1C6F8B #381C8B

monochromatic

#251E07 #584712 #8B701C #BE9926 #DAB647

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#8B701C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#8B701C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B701C

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B701C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B701C	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)

#7E6F0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847621

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b701c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 112, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.103 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19860',
    500: '#8b701c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b701c;
$custom-light: #b19860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b701c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55647,
    "c": 0.10323,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B701C

secondary

#4763BC

accent

#68E93E

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B701C

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

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