#8B751B#8B751B

#8B751B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.107 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B751B
RGB	rgb(139, 117, 27)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(48, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.85, -0.97, 48.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.85, 48.99, 91.14°)
OKLab	oklab(56.74% -0.0082 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(56.74% 0.107 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.2075, 18.2917, 3.6610)
Luminance	0.1829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B751B #1B318B

analogous

#8B3D1B #8B751B #698B1B

triadic

#8B751B #1B8B75 #751B8B

tetradic

#8B751B #1B8B3D #1B318B #8B1B69

square

#8B751B #1B8B3D #1B318B #8B1B69

split-complementary

#8B751B #1B698B #3D1B8B

monochromatic

#251F07 #584A11 #8B751B #BEA025 #DBBE45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#8B751B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#8B751B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B751B

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B751B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B751B	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827306

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887921

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b751b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 117, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.107 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19c60',
    500: '#8b751b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b751b;
$custom-light: #b19c60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b751b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.214,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56738,
    "c": 0.10682,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B751B

secondary

#455DBC

accent

#5FEA3D

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B751B

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

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