#8B7220#8B7220

#8B7220 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.102 H 91.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7220
RGB	rgb(139, 114, 32)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.04, 0.95, 46.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.04, 46.35, 88.83°)
OKLab	oklab(56.11% -0.0021 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(56.11% 0.102 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.9264, 17.6289, 3.8774)
Luminance	0.1763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7220 #20398B

analogous

#8B3C20 #8B7220 #6E8B20

triadic

#8B7220 #208B72 #72208B

tetradic

#8B7220 #208B3C #20398B #8B206E

square

#8B7220 #208B3C #20398B #8B206E

split-complementary

#8B7220 #206E8B #3C208B

monochromatic

#282009 #594915 #8B7220 #BD9B2B #D6B74F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#8B7220 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#8B7220 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B7220

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7220	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B7220	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7012

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857825

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7220;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 114, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.102 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19a62',
    500: '#8b7220',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7220;
$custom-light: #b19a62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7220",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.981,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56112,
    "c": 0.10198,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7220

secondary

#4D67BA

accent

#68E642

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7220

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

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