#8B772C#8B772C

#8B772C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.097 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B772C
RGB	rgb(139, 119, 44)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 68.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.53, -1.24, 42.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.53, 42.67, 91.66°)
OKLab	oklab(57.32% -0.0069 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(57.32% 0.097 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.6998, 18.8654, 5.0915)
Luminance	0.1886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B772C #2C408B

analogous

#8B472C #8B772C #6F8B2C

triadic

#8B772C #2C8B77 #772C8B

tetradic

#8B772C #2C8B47 #2C408B #8B2C6F

square

#8B772C #2C8B47 #2C408B #8B2C6F

split-complementary

#8B772C #2C6F8B #472C8B

monochromatic

#2E270F #5D4F1D #8B772C #B99F3B #CEB764

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#8B772C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#8B772C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B772C

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B772C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B772C	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	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)

#837523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b772c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 119, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.097 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09d69',
    500: '#8b772c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b772c;
$custom-light: #b09d69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b772c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 51.913,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57316,
    "c": 0.09672,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B772C

secondary

#5F71B4

accent

#6BDB4C

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B772C

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

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