#8B701E#8B701E

#8B701E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.102 H 89.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B701E
RGB	rgb(139, 112, 30)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.48, 2.00, 46.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.48, 46.64, 87.54°)
OKLab	oklab(55.66% 0.0007 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(55.66% 0.102 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.6770, 17.1721, 3.6642)
Luminance	0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B701E #1E398B

analogous

#8B3A1E #8B701E #6F8B1E

triadic

#8B701E #1E8B70 #701E8B

tetradic

#8B701E #1E8B3A #1E398B #8B1E6F

square

#8B701E #1E8B3A #1E398B #8B1E6F

split-complementary

#8B701E #1E6F8B #3A1E8B

monochromatic

#261F08 #594713 #8B701E #BD9929 #D8B54B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#8B701E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#8B701E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B701E

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B701E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B701E	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)

#7E6F0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847623

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b701e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 112, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.102 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19861',
    500: '#8b701e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b701e;
$custom-light: #b19861;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b701e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.138,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55661,
    "c": 0.10206,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B701E

secondary

#4A66BB

accent

#6AE740

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B701E

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

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