#8B701D#8B701D

#8B701D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.103 H 89.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B701D
RGB	rgb(139, 112, 29)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(45, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.47, 1.96, 46.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.47, 47.02, 87.61°)
OKLab	oklab(55.65% 0.0004 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(55.65% 0.103 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.6644, 17.1671, 3.5980)
Luminance	0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B701D #1D388B

analogous

#8B391D #8B701D #6F8B1D

triadic

#8B701D #1D8B70 #701D8B

tetradic

#8B701D #1D8B39 #1D388B #8B1D6F

square

#8B701D #1D8B39 #1D388B #8B1D6F

split-complementary

#8B701D #1D6F8B #391D8B

monochromatic

#261E08 #584712 #8B701D #BE9928 #D9B649

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#8B701D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#8B701D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B701D

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B701D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B701D	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)

#7E6F0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847622

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b701d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 112, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.103 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19860',
    500: '#8b701d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b701d;
$custom-light: #b19860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b701d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.273,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55654,
    "c": 0.10266,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B701D

secondary

#4965BB

accent

#69E83F

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B701D

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

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