#8D7520#8D7520

#8D7520 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.104 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D7520
RGB	rgb(141, 117, 32)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 77.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.09, 0.18, 47.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.09, 47.41, 89.79°)
OKLab	oklab(56.98% -0.0045 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(56.98% 0.104 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.6075, 18.4906, 4.0079)
Luminance	0.1849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D7520 #20388D

analogous

#8D3F20 #8D7520 #6F8D20

triadic

#8D7520 #208D75 #75208D

tetradic

#8D7520 #208D3F #20388D #8D206F

square

#8D7520 #208D3F #20388D #8D206F

split-complementary

#8D7520 #206F8D #3F208D

monochromatic

#292209 #5B4C15 #8D7520 #BF9E2B #D7BA50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#8D7520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#8D7520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D7520

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D7520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D7520	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827311

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d7520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 117, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.104 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29c62',
    500: '#8d7520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d7520;
$custom-light: #b29c62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d7520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.789,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56984,
    "c": 0.10424,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D7520

secondary

#4E66BA

accent

#66E642

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D7520

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

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