#8B7939#8B7939

#8B7939 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.087 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7939
RGB	rgb(139, 121, 57)
HSL	hsl(47, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 59%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.22, -1.43, 37.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.22, 37.10, 92.21°)
OKLab	oklab(57.9% -0.0058 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(57.9% 0.087 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.2241, 19.4600, 6.6663)
Luminance	0.1946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7939 #394B8B

analogous

#8B5039 #8B7939 #748B39

triadic

#8B7939 #398B79 #79398B

tetradic

#8B7939 #398B50 #394B8B #8B3974

square

#8B7939 #398B50 #394B8B #8B3974

split-complementary

#8B7939 #39748B #50398B

monochromatic

#342D15 #605327 #8B7939 #B59E4C #C7B677

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#8B7939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#8B7939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7939

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7939	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	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)

#847733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95716B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 121, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.087 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9f71',
    500: '#8b7939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7939;
$custom-light: #af9f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.829,
    "s": 41.837,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57905,
    "c": 0.08665,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7939

secondary

#6F7EB0

accent

#71D256

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110E08

muted

#807E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7939

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

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