#8B7635#8B7635

#8B7635 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.088 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7635
RGB	rgb(139, 118, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 45%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 61.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.34, -0.04, 38.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.34, 38.09, 90.07°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% -0.0023 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.088 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.7693, 18.7038, 6.0417)
Luminance	0.1870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7635 #354A8B

analogous

#8B4B35 #8B7635 #758B35

triadic

#8B7635 #358B76 #76358B

tetradic

#8B7635 #358B4B #354A8B #8B3575

square

#8B7635 #358B4B #354A8B #8B3575

split-complementary

#8B7635 #35758B #4B358B

monochromatic

#322B13 #5F5024 #8B7635 #B79C46 #C9B471

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#8B7635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#8B7635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7635

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7635	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82742E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 118, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.088 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9d6f',
    500: '#8b7635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7635;
$custom-light: #af9d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.349,
    "s": 44.792,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57194,
    "c": 0.08818,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7635

secondary

#6A7CB1

accent

#73D453

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7635

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

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