#8B7728#8B7728

#8B7728 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.100 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7728
RGB	rgb(139, 119, 40)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 71.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.50, -1.48, 44.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.50, 44.44, 91.91°)
OKLab	oklab(57.28% -0.0081 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(57.28% 0.1 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.6282, 18.8368, 4.7144)
Luminance	0.1884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7728 #283C8B

analogous

#8B4628 #8B7728 #6D8B28

triadic

#8B7728 #288B77 #77288B

tetradic

#8B7728 #288B46 #283C8B #8B286D

square

#8B7728 #288B46 #283C8B #8B286D

split-complementary

#8B7728 #286D8B #46288B

monochromatic

#2C260D #5B4E1A #8B7728 #BBA036 #D0B95D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#8B7728 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#8B7728 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7728

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7728	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7728	1.00	4.41	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84751D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7728;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 119, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.100 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09d67',
    500: '#8b7728',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7728;
$custom-light: #b09d67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7728",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.879,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57278,
    "c": 0.09982,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7728

secondary

#596CB6

accent

#67DF49

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7728

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

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