#8B7930#8B7930

#8B7930 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.095 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7930
RGB	rgb(139, 121, 48)
HSL	hsl(48, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 65.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.13, -2.11, 41.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.13, 41.47, 92.91°)
OKLab	oklab(57.8% -0.0089 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(57.8% 0.095 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.0191, 19.3780, 5.5869)
Luminance	0.1938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7930 #30428B

analogous

#8B4C30 #8B7930 #708B30

triadic

#8B7930 #308B79 #79308B

tetradic

#8B7930 #308B4C #30428B #8B3070

square

#8B7930 #308B4C #30428B #8B3070

split-complementary

#8B7930 #30708B #4C308B

monochromatic

#302A11 #5E5120 #8B7930 #B8A140 #CCB86A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#8B7930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#8B7930 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7930

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7930	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 121, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.095 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09f6c',
    500: '#8b7930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7930;
$custom-light: #b09f6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.132,
    "s": 48.663,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.578,
    "c": 0.09492,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7930

secondary

#6474B3

accent

#6BD850

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7930

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

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