#8B7920#8B7920

#8B7920 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.107 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7920
RGB	rgb(139, 121, 32)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.00, -3.02, 48.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.00, 48.30, 93.58°)
OKLab	oklab(57.66% -0.0134 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(57.66% 0.107 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.7465, 19.2689, 4.1507)
Luminance	0.1927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7920 #20328B

analogous

#8B4420 #8B7920 #678B20

triadic

#8B7920 #208B79 #79208B

tetradic

#8B7920 #208B44 #20328B #8B2067

square

#8B7920 #208B44 #20328B #8B2067

split-complementary

#8B7920 #20678B #44208B

monochromatic

#282209 #594E15 #8B7920 #BDA42B #D6C04F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#8B7920 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#8B7920 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7920

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7920	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7920	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867610

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7920;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 121, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.107 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09f63',
    500: '#8b7920',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7920;
$custom-light: #b09f63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7920",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.907,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57659,
    "c": 0.10678,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7920

secondary

#4D5FBA

accent

#5EE642

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7920

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

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