#8B7923#8B7923

#8B7923 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.105 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7923
RGB	rgb(139, 121, 35)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.02, -2.87, 47.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.02, 47.14, 93.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% -0.0127 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.105 97)
XYZ	xyz(17.7891, 19.2860, 4.3754)
Luminance	0.1928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7923 #23358B

analogous

#8B4523 #8B7923 #698B23

triadic

#8B7923 #238B79 #79238B

tetradic

#8B7923 #238B45 #23358B #8B2369

square

#8B7923 #238B45 #23358B #8B2369

split-complementary

#8B7923 #23698B #45238B

monochromatic

#29240A #5A4E17 #8B7923 #BCA42F #D4BE54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#8B7923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#8B7923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7923

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7923	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867615

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 121, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.105 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09f64',
    500: '#8b7923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7923;
$custom-light: #b09f64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.615,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57681,
    "c": 0.10485,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.19285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7923

secondary

#5263B8

accent

#60E345

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7923

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

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