#8A811B#8A811B

#8A811B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.116 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A811B
RGB	rgb(138, 129, 27)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(55, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 80.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.15, -8.14, 51.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.15, 52.55, 98.91°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% -0.0283 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.116 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.5302, 21.1837, 4.1495)
Luminance	0.2118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A811B #1B248A

analogous

#8A491B #8A811B #5C8A1B

triadic

#8A811B #1B8A81 #811B8A

tetradic

#8A811B #1B8A49 #1B248A #8A1B5C

square

#8A811B #1B8A49 #1B248A #8A1B5C

split-complementary

#8A811B #1B5C8A #491B8A

monochromatic

#242107 #575111 #8A811B #BDB125 #DBCE45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#8A811B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#8A811B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A811B

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A811B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A811B	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908123

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95776E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a811b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 129, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.116 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a561',
    500: '#8a811b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a811b;
$custom-light: #b0a561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a811b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.135,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59334,
    "c": 0.11637,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A811B

secondary

#454EBC

accent

#4CEA3E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A811B

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

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