#8B7429#8B7429

#8B7429 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.097 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7429
RGB	rgb(139, 116, 41)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 70.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.67, 0.28, 43.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.67, 43.12, 89.62°)
OKLab	oklab(56.63% -0.0029 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(56.63% 0.097 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.2940, 18.1408, 4.6880)
Luminance	0.1814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7429 #29408B

analogous

#8B4329 #8B7429 #718B29

triadic

#8B7429 #298B74 #74298B

tetradic

#8B7429 #298B43 #29408B #8B2971

square

#8B7429 #298B43 #29408B #8B2971

split-complementary

#8B7429 #29718B #43298B

monochromatic

#2C250D #5C4D1B #8B7429 #BA9B37 #D0B55F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#8B7429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#8B7429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7429

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7429	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81721F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86792D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 116, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.097 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09b67',
    500: '#8b7429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7429;
$custom-light: #b09b67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.918,
    "s": 54.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56626,
    "c": 0.09696,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7429

secondary

#5B70B5

accent

#6DDE4A

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7429

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

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