#8B721D#8B721D

#8B721D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.104 H 91.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B721D
RGB	rgb(139, 114, 29)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.02, 0.82, 47.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.02, 47.50, 89.02°)
OKLab	oklab(56.09% -0.0028 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(56.09% 0.104 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.8875, 17.6134, 3.6724)
Luminance	0.1761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B721D #1D368B

analogous

#8B3B1D #8B721D #6D8B1D

triadic

#8B721D #1D8B72 #721D8B

tetradic

#8B721D #1D8B3B #1D368B #8B1D6D

square

#8B721D #1D8B3B #1D368B #8B1D6D

split-complementary

#8B721D #1D6D8B #3B1D8B

monochromatic

#261F08 #584812 #8B721D #BE9C28 #D9B849

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#8B721D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#8B721D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B721D

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B721D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B721D	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F700C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867722

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b721d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 114, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.104 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19a60',
    500: '#8b721d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b721d;
$custom-light: #b19a60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b721d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56091,
    "c": 0.1038,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B721D

secondary

#4963BB

accent

#66E83F

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B721D

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

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