#8B7828#8B7828

#8B7828 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.101 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7828
RGB	rgb(139, 120, 40)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 71.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.78, -2.04, 44.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.78, 44.75, 92.62°)
OKLab	oklab(57.5% -0.0097 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(57.5% 0.101 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.7478, 19.0760, 4.7543)
Luminance	0.1908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7828 #283B8B

analogous

#8B4728 #8B7828 #6C8B28

triadic

#8B7828 #288B78 #78288B

tetradic

#8B7828 #288B47 #283B8B #8B286C

square

#8B7828 #288B47 #283B8B #8B286C

split-complementary

#8B7828 #286C8B #47288B

monochromatic

#2C260D #5B4F1A #8B7828 #BBA136 #D0BA5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#8B7828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#8B7828 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7828

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7828	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85751D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 120, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.101 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09e67',
    500: '#8b7828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7828;
$custom-light: #b09e67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.485,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.575,
    "c": 0.10056,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7828

secondary

#596BB6

accent

#66DF49

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7828

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

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