#8B741B#8B741B

#8B741B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.106 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B741B
RGB	rgb(139, 116, 27)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(48, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.57, -0.41, 48.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.57, 48.73, 90.48°)
OKLab	oklab(56.52% -0.0065 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(56.52% 0.106 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.0917, 18.0599, 3.6224)
Luminance	0.1806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B741B #1B328B

analogous

#8B3C1B #8B741B #6A8B1B

triadic

#8B741B #1B8B74 #741B8B

tetradic

#8B741B #1B8B3C #1B328B #8B1B6A

square

#8B741B #1B8B3C #1B328B #8B1B6A

split-complementary

#8B741B #1B6A8B #3C1B8B

monochromatic

#251E07 #584911 #8B741B #BE9F25 #DBBC45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#8B741B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#8B741B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B741B

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B741B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B741B	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817207

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877921

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b741b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 116, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.106 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19b60',
    500: '#8b741b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b741b;
$custom-light: #b19b60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b741b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.679,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56517,
    "c": 0.10616,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B741B

secondary

#455EBC

accent

#61EA3D

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B741B

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

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