#8B7422#8B7422

#8B7422 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.102 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7422
RGB	rgb(139, 116, 34)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.61, -0.10, 46.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.61, 46.08, 90.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.57% -0.0049 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(56.57% 0.102 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.1825, 18.0963, 4.1010)
Luminance	0.1809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7422 #22398B

analogous

#8B4022 #8B7422 #6E8B22

triadic

#8B7422 #228B74 #74228B

tetradic

#8B7422 #228B40 #22398B #8B226E

square

#8B7422 #228B40 #22398B #8B226E

split-complementary

#8B7422 #226E8B #40228B

monochromatic

#29220A #5A4B16 #8B7422 #BC9D2E #D5B853

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#8B7422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#8B7422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7422

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7422	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)

#817215

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877927

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 116, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.102 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09b63',
    500: '#8b7422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7422;
$custom-light: #b09b63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56566,
    "c": 0.10195,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7422

secondary

#5067B8

accent

#67E444

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7422

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

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