#8B7620#8B7620

#8B7620 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.105 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7620
RGB	rgb(139, 118, 32)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.16, -1.33, 47.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.16, 47.43, 91.60°)
OKLab	oklab(56.99% -0.0086 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(56.99% 0.105 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.3875, 18.5511, 4.0311)
Luminance	0.1855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7620 #20358B

analogous

#8B4020 #8B7620 #6A8B20

triadic

#8B7620 #208B76 #76208B

tetradic

#8B7620 #208B40 #20358B #8B206A

square

#8B7620 #208B40 #20358B #8B206A

split-complementary

#8B7620 #206A8B #40208B

monochromatic

#282209 #594C15 #8B7620 #BDA02B #D6BC4F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#8B7620 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#8B7620 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7620

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7620	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7620	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837411

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7620;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 118, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.105 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09d62',
    500: '#8b7620',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7620;
$custom-light: #b09d62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7620",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.224,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56993,
    "c": 0.10459,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7620

secondary

#4D63BA

accent

#62E642

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7620

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

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