#8B7628#8B7628

#8B7628 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.099 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7628
RGB	rgb(139, 118, 40)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 71.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.22, -0.91, 44.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.22, 44.14, 91.18°)
OKLab	oklab(57.06% -0.0065 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(57.06% 0.099 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.5098, 18.6000, 4.6750)
Luminance	0.1860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7628 #283D8B

analogous

#8B4528 #8B7628 #6E8B28

triadic

#8B7628 #288B76 #76288B

tetradic

#8B7628 #288B45 #283D8B #8B286E

square

#8B7628 #288B45 #283D8B #8B286E

split-complementary

#8B7628 #286E8B #45288B

monochromatic

#2C250D #5B4E1A #8B7628 #BB9E36 #D0B85D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#8B7628 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#8B7628 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7628

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7628	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7628	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83741D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7628;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 118, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.099 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09d67',
    500: '#8b7628',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7628;
$custom-light: #b09d67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7628",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57057,
    "c": 0.09909,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7628

secondary

#596DB6

accent

#69DF49

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7628

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

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