#8B7325#8B7325

#8B7325 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.099 H 91.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7325
RGB	rgb(139, 115, 37)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 73.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.36, 0.63, 44.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.36, 44.58, 89.19°)
OKLab	oklab(56.37% -0.0025 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(56.37% 0.099 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.1131, 17.8850, 4.3007)
Luminance	0.1788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7325 #253D8B

analogous

#8B4025 #8B7325 #708B25

triadic

#8B7325 #258B73 #73258B

tetradic

#8B7325 #258B40 #253D8B #8B2570

square

#8B7325 #258B40 #253D8B #8B2570

split-complementary

#8B7325 #25708B #40258B

monochromatic

#2A230B #5B4B18 #8B7325 #BB9B32 #D3B658

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#8B7325 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#8B7325 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B7325

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7325	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B7325	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80711A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7325;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 115, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.099 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09b65',
    500: '#8b7325',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7325;
$custom-light: #b09b65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7325",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56371,
    "c": 0.09926,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7325

secondary

#556CB7

accent

#6BE147

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7325

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

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