#8B7B1E#8B7B1E

#8B7B1E 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	#8B7B1E
RGB	rgb(139, 123, 30)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.55, -4.23, 49.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.55, 49.65, 94.88°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% -0.0171 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.11 99)
XYZ	xyz(17.9657, 19.7495, 4.0938)
Luminance	0.1975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7B1E #1E2E8B

analogous

#8B451E #8B7B1E #648B1E

triadic

#8B7B1E #1E8B7B #7B1E8B

tetradic

#8B7B1E #1E8B45 #1E2E8B #8B1E64

square

#8B7B1E #1E8B45 #1E2E8B #8B1E64

split-complementary

#8B7B1E #1E648B #451E8B

monochromatic

#262208 #594E13 #8B7B1E #BDA829 #D8C34B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#8B7B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#8B7B1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7B1E

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7B1E	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)

#88780A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967169

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 123, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.110 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a062',
    500: '#8b7b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7b1e;
$custom-light: #b0a062;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.193,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58093,
    "c": 0.10954,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.19749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7B1E

secondary

#4A5BBB

accent

#59E740

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7B1E

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

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