#8B7720#8B7720

#8B7720 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.105 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7720
RGB	rgb(139, 119, 32)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.44, -1.89, 47.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.44, 47.71, 92.27°)
OKLab	oklab(57.21% -0.0102 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(57.21% 0.105 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.5059, 18.7879, 4.0706)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7720 #20348B

analogous

#8B4120 #8B7720 #698B20

triadic

#8B7720 #208B77 #77208B

tetradic

#8B7720 #208B41 #20348B #8B2069

square

#8B7720 #208B41 #20348B #8B2069

split-complementary

#8B7720 #20698B #41208B

monochromatic

#282209 #594C15 #8B7720 #BDA22B #D6BD4F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#8B7720 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#8B7720 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7720

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7720	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7720	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847410

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7720;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 119, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.105 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09d62',
    500: '#8b7720',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7720;
$custom-light: #b09d62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7720",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.785,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57214,
    "c": 0.10529,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7720

secondary

#4D61BA

accent

#61E642

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7720

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

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