#8B7322#8B7322

#8B7322 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.101 H 91.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7322
RGB	rgb(139, 115, 34)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.33, 0.47, 45.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.33, 45.82, 89.41°)
OKLab	oklab(56.35% -0.0033 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(56.35% 0.101 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.0679, 17.8670, 4.0627)
Luminance	0.1787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7322 #223A8B

analogous

#8B3F22 #8B7322 #6F8B22

triadic

#8B7322 #228B73 #73228B

tetradic

#8B7322 #228B3F #223A8B #8B226F

square

#8B7322 #228B3F #223A8B #8B226F

split-complementary

#8B7322 #226F8B #3F228B

monochromatic

#29220A #5A4A16 #8B7322 #BC9C2E #D5B753

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#8B7322 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#8B7322 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B7322

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7322	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B7322	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)

#807115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867826

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7322;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 115, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.101 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09b63',
    500: '#8b7322',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7322;
$custom-light: #b09b63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7322",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56346,
    "c": 0.10131,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7322

secondary

#5068B8

accent

#69E444

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7322

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

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