#8D7937#8D7937

#8D7937 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.089 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D7937
RGB	rgb(141, 121, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 61%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.40, -0.68, 38.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.40, 38.35, 91.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.08% -0.004 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(58.08% 0.089 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.5123, 19.6142, 6.4245)
Luminance	0.1961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D7937 #374B8D

analogous

#8D4E37 #8D7937 #768D37

triadic

#8D7937 #378D79 #79378D

tetradic

#8D7937 #378D4E #374B8D #8D3776

square

#8D7937 #378D4E #374B8D #8D3776

split-complementary

#8D7937 #37768D #4E378D

monochromatic

#352D15 #615326 #8D7937 #B89E49 #C9B675

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#8D7937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#8D7937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D7937

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D7937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D7937	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98706A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d7937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 121, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.089 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19f70',
    500: '#8d7937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d7937;
$custom-light: #b19f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d7937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.047,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58084,
    "c": 0.08898,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D7937

secondary

#6E7EB2

accent

#72D454

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110E08

muted

#807E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D7937

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

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