#8B7929#8B7929

#8B7929 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.101 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7929
RGB	rgb(139, 121, 41)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 70.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.06, -2.55, 44.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.06, 44.63, 93.27°)
OKLab	oklab(57.73% -0.0111 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(57.73% 0.101 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.8859, 19.3247, 4.8853)
Luminance	0.1932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7929 #293B8B

analogous

#8B4829 #8B7929 #6C8B29

triadic

#8B7929 #298B79 #79298B

tetradic

#8B7929 #298B48 #293B8B #8B296C

square

#8B7929 #298B48 #293B8B #8B296C

split-complementary

#8B7929 #296C8B #48298B

monochromatic

#2C270D #5C501B #8B7929 #BAA237 #D0BB5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#8B7929 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#8B7929 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7929

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7929	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7929	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)

#85761E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7929;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 121, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.101 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09f68',
    500: '#8b7929',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7929;
$custom-light: #b09f68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7929",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.98,
    "s": 54.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57731,
    "c": 0.10058,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7929

secondary

#5B6BB5

accent

#65DE4A

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7929

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

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