#8A851B#8A851B

#8A851B is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.120 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A851B
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 27)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 80.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.30, -10.32, 52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.30, 53.94, 101.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.25% -0.0344 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(60.25% 0.12 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.0674, 22.2582, 4.3286)
Luminance	0.2226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A851B #1B208A

analogous

#8A4D1B #8A851B #588A1B

triadic

#8A851B #1B8A85 #851B8A

tetradic

#8A851B #1B8A4D #1B208A #8A1B58

square

#8A851B #1B8A4D #1B208A #8A1B58

split-complementary

#8A851B #1B588A #4D1B8A

monochromatic

#242207 #575411 #8A851B #BDB625 #DBD445

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#8A851B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#8A851B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A851B

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A851B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A851B	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938424

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957C71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a851b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.120 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a862',
    500: '#8a851b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a851b;
$custom-light: #b0a862;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a851b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.297,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6025,
    "c": 0.12011,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A851B

secondary

#454ABC

accent

#45EA3E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A851B

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

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