#8B7822#8B7822

#8B7822 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.105 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7822
RGB	rgb(139, 120, 34)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.73, -2.36, 47.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.73, 47.23, 92.86°)
OKLab	oklab(57.45% -0.0114 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(57.45% 0.105 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.6536, 19.0383, 4.2580)
Luminance	0.1904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7822 #22358B

analogous

#8B4422 #8B7822 #6A8B22

triadic

#8B7822 #228B78 #78228B

tetradic

#8B7822 #228B44 #22358B #8B226A

square

#8B7822 #228B44 #22358B #8B226A

split-complementary

#8B7822 #226A8B #44228B

monochromatic

#29230A #5A4E16 #8B7822 #BCA22E #D5BD53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#8B7822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#8B7822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7822

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7822	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857514

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 120, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.105 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09e64',
    500: '#8b7822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7822;
$custom-light: #b09e64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.143,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57451,
    "c": 0.10475,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7822

secondary

#5063B8

accent

#61E444

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7822

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

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