#8B7622#8B7622

#8B7622 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.103 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7622
RGB	rgb(139, 118, 34)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.17, -1.23, 46.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.17, 46.64, 91.51°)
OKLab	oklab(57.01% -0.0081 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(57.01% 0.103 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.4156, 18.5623, 4.1786)
Luminance	0.1856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7622 #22378B

analogous

#8B4222 #8B7622 #6C8B22

triadic

#8B7622 #228B76 #76228B

tetradic

#8B7622 #228B42 #22378B #8B226C

square

#8B7622 #228B42 #22378B #8B226C

split-complementary

#8B7622 #226C8B #42228B

monochromatic

#29230A #5A4C16 #8B7622 #BCA02E #D5BB53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#8B7622 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#8B7622 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7622

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7622	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7622	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)

#837414

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7622;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 118, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.103 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09d63',
    500: '#8b7622',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7622;
$custom-light: #b09d63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7622",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57007,
    "c": 0.1033,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7622

secondary

#5065B8

accent

#64E444

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7622

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

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