#8B701F#8B701F

#8B701F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.101 H 89.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B701F
RGB	rgb(139, 112, 31)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 77.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.48, 2.05, 46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.48, 46.25, 87.46°)
OKLab	oklab(55.67% 0.0009 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(55.67% 0.101 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.6899, 17.1773, 3.7325)
Luminance	0.1718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B701F #1F3A8B

analogous

#8B3A1F #8B701F #708B1F

triadic

#8B701F #1F8B70 #701F8B

tetradic

#8B701F #1F8B3A #1F3A8B #8B1F70

square

#8B701F #1F8B3A #1F3A8B #8B1F70

split-complementary

#8B701F #1F708B #3A1F8B

monochromatic

#271F09 #594814 #8B701F #BD982A #D7B54D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#8B701F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#8B701F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B701F

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B701F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B701F	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E6F11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847623

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b701f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 112, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.101 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19861',
    500: '#8b701f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b701f;
$custom-light: #b19861;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b701f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55668,
    "c": 0.10146,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B701F

secondary

#4C67BA

accent

#6BE741

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B701F

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

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