#8B7937#8B7937

#8B7937 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.089 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7937
RGB	rgb(139, 121, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 60.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.20, -1.59, 38.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.20, 38.09, 92.39°)
OKLab	oklab(57.88% -0.0065 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(57.88% 0.089 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.1752, 19.4404, 6.4087)
Luminance	0.1944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7937 #37498B

analogous

#8B4F37 #8B7937 #738B37

triadic

#8B7937 #378B79 #79378B

tetradic

#8B7937 #378B4F #37498B #8B3773

square

#8B7937 #378B4F #37498B #8B3773

split-complementary

#8B7937 #37738B #4F378B

monochromatic

#332D14 #5F5326 #8B7937 #B79F48 #C8B674

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#8B7937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#8B7937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7937

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7937	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95706A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 121, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.089 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9f70',
    500: '#8b7937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7937;
$custom-light: #af9f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 43.299,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5788,
    "c": 0.08858,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7937

secondary

#6D7BB1

accent

#70D355

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110E08

muted

#807E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7937

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

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