#8B7723#8B7723

#8B7723 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.103 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7723
RGB	rgb(139, 119, 35)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.46, -1.75, 46.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.46, 46.53, 92.15°)
OKLab	oklab(57.24% -0.0095 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(57.24% 0.103 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.5486, 18.8049, 4.2952)
Luminance	0.1880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7723 #23378B

analogous

#8B4323 #8B7723 #6B8B23

triadic

#8B7723 #238B77 #77238B

tetradic

#8B7723 #238B43 #23378B #8B236B

square

#8B7723 #238B43 #23378B #8B236B

split-complementary

#8B7723 #236B8B #43238B

monochromatic

#29230A #5A4D17 #8B7723 #BCA12F #D4BB54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#8B7723 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#8B7723 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7723

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7723	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7723	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)

#847516

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7723;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 119, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.103 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09d64',
    500: '#8b7723',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7723;
$custom-light: #b09d64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7723",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57237,
    "c": 0.10336,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7723

secondary

#5265B8

accent

#63E345

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7723

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

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