#8B7B1D#8B7B1D

#8B7B1D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.110 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7B1D
RGB	rgb(139, 123, 29)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(51, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.55, -4.27, 49.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.55, 50.00, 94.90°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% -0.0173 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.11 99)
XYZ	xyz(17.9531, 19.7445, 4.0276)
Luminance	0.1974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7B1D #1D2D8B

analogous

#8B441D #8B7B1D #648B1D

triadic

#8B7B1D #1D8B7B #7B1D8B

tetradic

#8B7B1D #1D8B44 #1D2D8B #8B1D64

square

#8B7B1D #1D8B44 #1D2D8B #8B1D64

split-complementary

#8B7B1D #1D648B #441D8B

monochromatic

#262108 #584E12 #8B7B1D #BEA828 #D9C449

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#8B7B1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#8B7B1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7B1D

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7B1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7B1D	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	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)

#887808

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967169

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7b1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 123, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.110 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a061',
    500: '#8b7b1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7b1d;
$custom-light: #b1a061;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7b1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.273,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58087,
    "c": 0.11011,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.19744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7B1D

secondary

#4959BB

accent

#58E83F

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7B1D

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

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