#8B731D#8B731D

#8B731D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.104 H 92.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B731D
RGB	rgb(139, 115, 29)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(47, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.30, 0.24, 47.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.30, 47.75, 89.71°)
OKLab	oklab(56.31% -0.0045 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(56.31% 0.104 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.0009, 17.8402, 3.7102)
Luminance	0.1784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B731D #1D358B

analogous

#8B3C1D #8B731D #6C8B1D

triadic

#8B731D #1D8B73 #731D8B

tetradic

#8B731D #1D8B3C #1D358B #8B1D6C

square

#8B731D #1D8B3C #1D358B #8B1D6C

split-complementary

#8B731D #1D6C8B #3C1D8B

monochromatic

#261F08 #584912 #8B731D #BE9D28 #D9BA49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#8B731D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#8B731D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B731D

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B731D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B731D	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80710C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867822

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b731d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 115, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.104 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19a60',
    500: '#8b731d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b731d;
$custom-light: #b19a60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b731d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.909,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5631,
    "c": 0.10441,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B731D

secondary

#4962BB

accent

#64E83F

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B731D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →