#8B7420#8B7420

#8B7420 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.103 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7420
RGB	rgb(139, 116, 32)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.60, -0.19, 46.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.60, 46.88, 90.23°)
OKLab	oklab(56.55% -0.0054 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(56.55% 0.103 93)
XYZ	xyz(17.1545, 18.0850, 3.9534)
Luminance	0.1808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7420 #20378B

analogous

#8B3E20 #8B7420 #6C8B20

triadic

#8B7420 #208B74 #74208B

tetradic

#8B7420 #208B3E #20378B #8B206C

square

#8B7420 #208B3E #20378B #8B206C

split-complementary

#8B7420 #206C8B #3E208B

monochromatic

#282109 #594A15 #8B7420 #BD9E2B #D6B94F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#8B7420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#8B7420 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7420

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7420	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817211

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877925

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 116, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.103 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19b62',
    500: '#8b7420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7420;
$custom-light: #b19b62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.103,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56551,
    "c": 0.10323,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.18084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7420

secondary

#4D65BA

accent

#65E642

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7420

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

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