#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
RGB	rgb(139, 121, 67)
HSL	hsl(45, 35%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(45, 52%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 51.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.35, -0.53, 31.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.35, 31.96, 90.95°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% -0.002 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.076 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.4986, 19.5698, 8.1121)
Luminance	0.1957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##8B7943	1.00	4.27	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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