#8D7939#8D7939

#8D7939 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.087 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D7939
RGB	rgb(141, 121, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 42%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 59.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.42, -0.52, 37.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.42, 37.36, 90.80°)
OKLab	oklab(58.11% -0.0033 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(58.11% 0.087 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5612, 19.6338, 6.6821)
Luminance	0.1963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D7939 #394D8D

analogous

#8D4F39 #8D7939 #778D39

triadic

#8D7939 #398D79 #79398D

tetradic

#8D7939 #398D4F #394D8D #8D3977

square

#8D7939 #398D4F #394D8D #8D3977

split-complementary

#8D7939 #39778D #4F398D

monochromatic

#362E16 #615427 #8D7939 #B79D4C #C8B578

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#8D7939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#8D7939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D7939

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D7939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D7939	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98706B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d7939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 121, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.087 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19f71',
    500: '#8d7939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d7939;
$custom-light: #b19f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d7939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 42.424,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58109,
    "c": 0.08708,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D7939

secondary

#7080B2

accent

#73D256

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#110E08

muted

#807E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D7939

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

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