#8B721B#8B721B

#8B721B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.105 H 91.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B721B
RGB	rgb(139, 114, 27)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(47, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.01, 0.73, 48.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.01, 48.22, 89.13°)
OKLab	oklab(56.08% -0.0033 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(56.08% 0.105 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.8636, 17.6038, 3.5463)
Luminance	0.1760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B721B #1B348B

analogous

#8B3A1B #8B721B #6C8B1B

triadic

#8B721B #1B8B72 #721B8B

tetradic

#8B721B #1B8B3A #1B348B #8B1B6C

square

#8B721B #1B8B3A #1B348B #8B1B6C

split-complementary

#8B721B #1B6C8B #3A1B8B

monochromatic

#251E07 #584811 #8B721B #BE9C25 #DBBA45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#8B721B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#8B721B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B721B

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B721B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B721B	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807008

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867720

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b721b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 114, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.105 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19a5f',
    500: '#8b721b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b721b;
$custom-light: #b19a5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b721b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.607,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56078,
    "c": 0.10492,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B721B

secondary

#4560BC

accent

#64EA3D

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B721B

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

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