#8B7320#8B7320

#8B7320 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.103 H 92.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7320
RGB	rgb(139, 115, 32)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.32, 0.38, 46.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.32, 46.61, 89.53°)
OKLab	oklab(56.33% -0.0038 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(56.33% 0.103 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.0399, 17.8557, 3.9152)
Luminance	0.1785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7320 #20388B

analogous

#8B3D20 #8B7320 #6D8B20

triadic

#8B7320 #208B73 #73208B

tetradic

#8B7320 #208B3D #20388B #8B206D

square

#8B7320 #208B3D #20388B #8B206D

split-complementary

#8B7320 #206D8B #3D208B

monochromatic

#282109 #594A15 #8B7320 #BD9C2B #D6B84F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#8B7320 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#8B7320 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B7320

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7320	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B7320	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807112

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867825

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7320;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 115, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.103 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19a62',
    500: '#8b7320',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7320;
$custom-light: #b19a62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7320",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.542,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56331,
    "c": 0.1026,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7320

secondary

#4D66BA

accent

#67E642

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7320

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

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