#8B711B#8B711B

#8B711B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.104 H 90.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B711B
RGB	rgb(139, 113, 27)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(46, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.73, 1.30, 47.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.73, 47.98, 88.44°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% -0.0017 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.104 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.7514, 17.3794, 3.5090)
Luminance	0.1738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B711B #1B358B

analogous

#8B391B #8B711B #6D8B1B

triadic

#8B711B #1B8B71 #711B8B

tetradic

#8B711B #1B8B39 #1B358B #8B1B6D

square

#8B711B #1B8B39 #1B358B #8B1B6D

split-complementary

#8B711B #1B6D8B #391B8B

monochromatic

#251E07 #584711 #8B711B #BE9B25 #DBB845

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#8B711B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#8B711B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B711B

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B711B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B711B	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F6F09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857720

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b711b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 113, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.104 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1995f',
    500: '#8b711b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b711b;
$custom-light: #b1995f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b711b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.071,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55859,
    "c": 0.10434,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B711B

secondary

#4561BC

accent

#66EA3D

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B711B

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

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