#8B772E#8B772E

#8B772E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.095 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B772E
RGB	rgb(139, 119, 46)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 66.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.55, -1.11, 41.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.55, 41.75, 91.52°)
OKLab	oklab(57.34% -0.0063 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(57.34% 0.095 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7383, 18.8808, 5.2943)
Luminance	0.1888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B772E #2E428B

analogous

#8B492E #8B772E #718B2E

triadic

#8B772E #2E8B77 #772E8B

tetradic

#8B772E #2E8B49 #2E428B #8B2E71

square

#8B772E #2E8B49 #2E428B #8B2E71

split-complementary

#8B772E #2E718B #492E8B

monochromatic

#2F2810 #5D501F #8B772E #B99E3D #CDB767

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#8B772E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#8B772E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B772E

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B772E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B772E	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b772e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 119, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.095 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09e6a',
    500: '#8b772e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b772e;
$custom-light: #b09e6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b772e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.097,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57336,
    "c": 0.09508,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B772E

secondary

#6173B3

accent

#6CDA4E

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B772E

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

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