#8B7943#8B7943

#8B7943 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.076 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B7943
RGBrgb(139, 121, 67)
HSLhsl(45, 35%, 40%)
HSVhsv(45, 52%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 12.9%, 51.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(51.35, -0.53, 31.96)
CIE-LCHlch(51.35, 31.96, 90.95°)
OKLaboklab(58.05% -0.002 0.0763)
OKLCHoklch(58.05% 0.076 91.5)
XYZxyz(18.4986, 19.5698, 8.1121)
Luminance0.1957 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B7943 #43558B
analogous
#8B5543 #8B7943 #798B43
triadic
#8B7943 #438B79 #79438B
tetradic
#8B7943 #438B55 #43558B #8B4379
square
#8B7943 #438B55 #43558B #8B4379
split-complementary
#8B7943 #43798B #55438B
monochromatic
#38311B #62552F #8B7943 #B09B5B #C4B484

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27
#8B7943 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91
#8B7943 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7943
4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B7943#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##8B79431.004.274.914.91
#FFFFFF4.271.0021.0021.00
#0000004.9121.001.001.00
##0000004.9121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#84773E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#887D45
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#95716C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b7943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 121, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.076 91.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9f78',
    500: '#8b7943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b7943;
$custom-light: #af9f78;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b7943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58045,
    "c": 0.07635,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B7943
secondary
#7B88AF
accent
#78CB5D
background
#FAF9F7
surface
#F5F2ED
border
#CFCCC8
text
#110E09
muted
#807E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7943

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#8B7943 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva