#8B7623#8B7623

#8B7623 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.103 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7623
RGB	rgb(139, 118, 35)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.18, -1.18, 46.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.18, 46.24, 91.46°)
OKLab	oklab(57.02% -0.0079 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(57.02% 0.103 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.4302, 18.5682, 4.2557)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7623 #23388B

analogous

#8B4223 #8B7623 #6C8B23

triadic

#8B7623 #238B76 #76238B

tetradic

#8B7623 #238B42 #23388B #8B236C

square

#8B7623 #238B42 #23388B #8B236C

split-complementary

#8B7623 #236C8B #42238B

monochromatic

#29230A #5A4C17 #8B7623 #BCA02F #D4BA54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#8B7623 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#8B7623 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7623

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7623	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7623	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)

#837416

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7623;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 118, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.103 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09d64',
    500: '#8b7623',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7623;
$custom-light: #b09d64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7623",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.885,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57015,
    "c": 0.10264,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7623

secondary

#5266B8

accent

#65E345

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7623

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

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