#8B7722#8B7722

#8B7722 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.104 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7722
RGB	rgb(139, 119, 34)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.45, -1.80, 46.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.45, 46.93, 92.19°)
OKLab	oklab(57.23% -0.0097 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(57.23% 0.104 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.5339, 18.7991, 4.2181)
Luminance	0.1880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7722 #22368B

analogous

#8B4222 #8B7722 #6B8B22

triadic

#8B7722 #228B77 #77228B

tetradic

#8B7722 #228B42 #22368B #8B226B

square

#8B7722 #228B42 #22368B #8B226B

split-complementary

#8B7722 #226B8B #42228B

monochromatic

#29230A #5A4D16 #8B7722 #BCA12E #D5BC53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#8B7722 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#8B7722 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7722

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7722	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7722	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)

#847414

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7722;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 119, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.104 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09d63',
    500: '#8b7722',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7722;
$custom-light: #b09d63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7722",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57229,
    "c": 0.10402,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7722

secondary

#5064B8

accent

#62E444

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7722

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

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