#8B7724#8B7724

#8B7724 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.103 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7724
RGB	rgb(139, 119, 36)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 74.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.47, -1.70, 46.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.47, 46.13, 92.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.24% -0.0092 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(57.24% 0.103 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.5636, 18.8110, 4.3745)
Luminance	0.1881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7724 #24388B

analogous

#8B4424 #8B7724 #6B8B24

triadic

#8B7724 #248B77 #77248B

tetradic

#8B7724 #248B44 #24388B #8B246B

square

#8B7724 #248B44 #24388B #8B246B

split-complementary

#8B7724 #246B8B #44248B

monochromatic

#2A240B #5A4D17 #8B7724 #BCA131 #D3BB56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#8B7724 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#8B7724 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7724

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7724	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7724	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)

#847517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7724;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 119, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.103 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09d64',
    500: '#8b7724',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7724;
$custom-light: #b09d64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7724",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.35,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57244,
    "c": 0.10267,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7724

secondary

#5367B7

accent

#64E246

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7724

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

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