#8B7B1B#8B7B1B

#8B7B1B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.111 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7B1B
RGB	rgb(139, 123, 27)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(51, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.54, -4.35, 50.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.54, 50.69, 94.92°)
OKLab	oklab(58.08% -0.0177 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(58.08% 0.111 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.9292, 19.7349, 3.9015)
Luminance	0.1973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7B1B #1B2B8B

analogous

#8B431B #8B7B1B #638B1B

triadic

#8B7B1B #1B8B7B #7B1B8B

tetradic

#8B7B1B #1B8B43 #1B2B8B #8B1B63

square

#8B7B1B #1B8B43 #1B2B8B #8B1B63

split-complementary

#8B7B1B #1B638B #431B8B

monochromatic

#252007 #584E11 #8B7B1B #BEA825 #DBC645

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#8B7B1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#8B7B1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7B1B

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7B1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7B1B	1.00	4.25	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887803

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967169

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7b1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 123, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.111 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a060',
    500: '#8b7b1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7b1b;
$custom-light: #b1a060;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7b1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58075,
    "c": 0.1112,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7B1B

secondary

#4556BC

accent

#56EA3D

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7B1B

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

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