#8B7221#8B7221

#8B7221 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.101 H 91.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7221
RGB	rgb(139, 114, 33)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 76.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.05, 1.00, 45.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.05, 45.96, 88.76°)
OKLab	oklab(56.12% -0.0019 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(56.12% 0.101 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.9402, 17.6344, 3.9501)
Luminance	0.1763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7221 #213A8B

analogous

#8B3D21 #8B7221 #6F8B21

triadic

#8B7221 #218B72 #72218B

tetradic

#8B7221 #218B3D #213A8B #8B216F

square

#8B7221 #218B3D #213A8B #8B216F

split-complementary

#8B7221 #216F8B #3D218B

monochromatic

#28210A #5A4915 #8B7221 #BC9B2D #D6B651

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#8B7221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#8B7221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B7221

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B7221	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)

#7F7014

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857825

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 114, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.101 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19a62',
    500: '#8b7221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7221;
$custom-light: #b19a62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.849,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5612,
    "c": 0.10135,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7221

secondary

#4F68B9

accent

#69E543

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7221

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

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